Health

Building and ensuring an integrated approach to infectious diseases in the US

March 12, 2018

North America

March 12, 2018

North America
Becca Lipman

Editor, EMEA

Becca is currently a supporting editor and writer for The Economist Intelligence Unit's thought leadership division in the Americas and EMEA. Her primary focus is on healthcare policy and financial market trends. She has also recently developed research programmes that analyse themes in infrastructure and smart cities, as well as C-suite perspectives on talent strategy, small business and IT development. 
 
Before joining the EIU in New York, and later in London, Becca worked as senior editor at Wall Street & Technology where she reported on IT advances in capital markets. She previously held posts as lead editor for a US stock brokerage. Becca earned her bachelor’s degree in both economics and environmental studies from New York University.

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In the US, the challenges to the prevention and treatment of infectious disease are largely institutional and cultural.

Building and ensuring an integrated approach to infectious diseases in the US is a report written by The Economist Intelligence Unit and sponsored by Gilead, developed for distribution following the New Approaches to Infectious Disease Intervention panel event. It assesses the potential for developing more standardised policy for preventative care and treatment for infectious diseases.

This report is based on extensive desk research and in-depth interviews, conducted in January 2018 with five representatives of healthcare institutions, and academic and multilateral organisations. We would like to thank the following participants (listed alphabetically) for their time and insights:

 

  • Paul Auwaerter, president, Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)
  • Michele Cecchini, head of the public health unit, OECD, Paris
  • Jeffrey Crowley, programme director of infectious disease initiatives, O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
  • Karen DeSalvo, professor of medicine and population health, University of Texas Austin Dell Medical School
  • Dana Goldman, director, Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics at the University of Southern California
  • The Economist Intelligence Unit bears sole responsibility for the content of this report. The findings and views expressed do not necessarily reflect the views of the sponsor. Andrea Chipman was the author and Rebecca Lipman was the editor.

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