Inoculating Cities
Case Studies of the Urban Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
- 1st Edition - September 19, 2023
- Editors: Rebecca Katz, Matthew Boyce
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 8 7 0 1 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 8 7 0 2 - 5
Inoculating Cities: Case Studies of the Urban Response of the COVID-19 Pandemic uses detailed case studies to document and describe how cities located in high, middle and low-incom… Read more
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Request a sales quoteInoculating Cities: Case Studies of the Urban Response of the COVID-19 Pandemic uses detailed case studies to document and describe how cities located in high, middle and low-income countries responded to the COVID-19 pandemic. City governments and municipal authorities exist and operate in extremely varied contexts (i.e., socioeconomic, demographic, legal and governance, etc.) and intentionally documenting the experiences in these different contexts provides guidance to decision-makers for future preparedness and response activities.
This volume highlights the innovative solutions throughout the pandemic as described by the people who designed and implemented pandemic response efforts in their cities. In addition, it identifies successful models that can be adopted in the future by city leaders around the world.
- Includes a holistic set of pandemic response considerations, such as contact tracing, quarantine and isolation, surging public health and medical workforces, risk communication, the provision testing and vaccination services, and reaching vulnerable populations
- A global scope that describes various approaches used by cities around the world in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic
- Presents best practices on pandemic response that all can learn from
Researchers, academics, and professionals in global and public health (public health planners and official particularly at the municipal levels), public policy specialists, urban municipal leaders, researchers and professionals in infectious disease, epidemiology, and city planning and other adjacent professional fields, Students of public health, epidemiology, political science, and urban governance
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- List of contributors
- Introduction
- Cities and the response to infectious disease events: from localized outbreaks to pandemics
- The structure of this book
- Section I. Pandemic governance and coordination
- What is governance?
- What is good governance?
- Why does governance matter?
- The importance of governance for urban pandemic response
- Chapter introductions
- Chapter 1. COVID-19 control strategy and measures in Kawasaki City, Japan
- Abstract
- Background
- The response to COVID-19 in Kawasaki City
- Conclusion: lessons learned from Kawasaki City
- References
- Chapter 2. COVID-19 pandemic: how Lagos State Government managed the COVID-19 pandemic and the tripod of biosecurity
- Abstract
- Background
- Lagos State’s approach to emergency preparedness
- COVID-19 in Lagos
- The response to COVID-19 in Lagos
- The pre-index case response
- The post-index case response
- The response to pandemic waves of COVID-19
- Lessons learned from Lagos’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 3. COVID-19 in Beirut: epidemiology, response, gaps, and challenges
- Abstract
- Background
- The COVID-19 response in Beirut
- Conclusion: successes, gaps and challenges, and the way forward
- References
- Chapter 4. Pandemic governance and community mobilization in conflict: a case study of Idlib, Syria
- Abstract
- Funding statement
- Background
- COVID-19 in Idlib
- Conclusion
- References
- Section II. Technology and digital approaches for pandemic response
- What are digital approaches?
- How have digital approaches been implemented well?
- Why do digital approaches matter?
- How do digital approaches help in urban settings?
- Chapter introductions
- Chapter 5. Singapore’s whole-of-nation strategy for pandemic response and vaccination of the population
- Abstract
- Background
- Surveillance and testing for COVID-19
- Isolation and medical management of SARS-CoV-2 infections
- Vaccination
- Social measures
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 6. Future-proofing: Quezon City’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic as investments against the next epidemic
- Abstract
- Background
- The response to COVID-19 in Quezon City, Philippines
- Utilizing COVID-19 investments to build a stronger urban health system in Quezon City, Philippines
- Conclusion
- References
- Section III. Workforce and surge capacity
- What is surge capacity?
- What constitutes strong surge capacity?
- Why does surge capacity matter?
- The importance of surge capacity urban environments
- Chapter introductions
- Chapter 7. Expanding workforce surge capacity and the multijurisdictional response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Las Vegas metropolitan area
- Abstract
- Background
- Surging the workforce in Las Vegas
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 8. Using mobile financial services to improve community health workers’ efficiency during the COVID-19 pandemic in Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Abstract
- Background
- References
- Section IV. Vulnerable populations and pandemic response
- Defining vulnerable populations
- What is unique about vulnerable populations in urban environments?
- What challenges did vulnerable populations face during COVID-19?
- What strategies were used by governments to address challenges faced by vulnerable populations?
- Chapter introductions
- Chapter 9. Prioritizing local context and expertise in a global pandemic: the New Orleans response to COVID-19
- Abstract
- Background
- COVID-19 in New Orleans
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 10. COVID-19, control and confusion: experiences from Cape Town, South Africa
- Abstract
- Background
- COVID-19 in Cape Town, South Africa
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 11. A proactive approach to curtail the spread of COVID-19 in the Dharavi Slum, Mumbai, India
- Abstract
- Background
- Conclusion
- References
- Section V. Risk communication
- What is risk communication?
- What is good risk communication?
- Why does risk communication matter?
- Chapter introduction
- Chapter 12. Risk communications in a pandemic: tailored communications and public health messaging to urban populations in Baltimore City
- Abstract
- Background
- COVID-19 risk communication efforts in Baltimore
- Conclusion: lessons learned for effective urban public health campaign
- References
- Conclusion
- Index
- No. of pages: 276
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: September 19, 2023
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443187018
- eBook ISBN: 9780443187025
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Rebecca Katz
Dr. Rebecca Katz is a professor and the director of the Center for Global Health Science and Security at Georgetown University. She has more than two decades of public health research experience, much of which has focused on global health security, public health preparedness, and health diplomacy. She has written on the urban governance of disease, the flow of infectious disease risk into and between urban areas and worked with municipal authorities throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
Affiliations and expertise
PhD, MPH, Professor and Director, Center for Global Health Science and Security, Georgetown University, United StatesMB
Matthew Boyce
Matthew R. Boyce is a PhD candidate at Georgetown University and a Senior Research Associate at the Center for Global Health Science and Security. He serves as the head research associate for the Center’s work on urban pandemic preparedness, has advocated for improving health security and public health preparedness in urban environments, and worked with municipal authorities throughout the COVID-19 pandemic to support the local response to the outbreak.
Affiliations and expertise
MS, Senior Research Associate, Center for Global Health Science and Security, Georgetown University, United StatesRead Inoculating Cities on ScienceDirect