Abstract

The book is intended for hospital administrators, healthcare providers, medical superintendents and clinico-managerial executives for efficient management of outbreak response. It will be of immense benefit to healthcare institutions and hospitals in strengthening their capacity and assuring multifocal strategy while managing situations arising out of a disease outbreak. It will also aid policy-makers in enunciating/amending/augmenting operational and strategic policies related to disease outbreak management. This book provides comprehensive action plan and recent trends in management of disease outbreaks. It recommends administrative essentials for disease outbreak management at local, national and international levels. Incorporates checklist for assessing preparedness status and facilitate capacity building for disease outbreak management. Discusses issues such as epidemic forecasting, epidemic intelligence, national and international regulations related to disease outbreaks