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The Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (abbreviated GPMB) is a joint arm of the WHO [1] and the World Bank. [2] It was created by both organizations in response to the Western African Ebola virus epidemic. [3]
Following warnings and increased preparedness in the 2000s, the 2009 swine flu pandemic led to rapid anti-pandemic reactions amongst the Western countries. The H1N1/09 virus strain with mild symptoms and low lethality eventually led to a backlash over public sector over-reactiveness, spending, and the high cost of the 2009 flu vaccine.
On 18 September, the Director-General presented the second report of the WHO and World Bank-backed Global Preparedness Monitoring Board, A World in Disorder, which recommends developing "muscle memory", i.e., repetition, as a "key to pandemic response". [132]
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RODS uses a combination of various monitoring tools. [3] The first tool is a moving average with a 120-day sliding phase-I-window. [clarification needed] The second tool is a nonstandard combination of CUSUM and EWMA, where an EWMA is used to predict next-day counts, and a CuSum monitors the residuals from these predictions.
The Future Readiness Indicator is an indicator developed by the IMD Center for Future Readiness. [1] [2] [3] It evaluates a company's preparedness for long-term trends. [4]A systematic methodology generates a composite score for each entity, allowing identification of industry leaders and an examination of their respective behaviors and attitudes.
CCP's global program on malaria works with ongoing international programs to promote behavior change communication, advocacy, health marketing, usage of insecticide-treated mosquito nets, and antimalarial medication. With two years of experience in the field of malaria control, CCP seeks to eliminate the disease on regional levels across the globe
By 1980, the United States formed the Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force (RDJTF) as a rapid reaction force under the U.S. Readiness Command. Composed of contingently assigned units from the United States Army, United States Air Force, United States Navy, and United States Marine Corps, its mandate was to rapidly deploy to confront worldwide threats to American interests.