Curator Review for 2022: Reflecting on the mpox and Ebola outbreaks
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In 2022, the Global.health (G.h) team completed our 100 Days Mission for two emerging infectious disease outbreaks - mpox (formerly named monkeypox, May - September) and Ebola (September - December). Both outbreaks posed an immediate threat to global public health and we responded by creating openly accessible epidemiological line-list data to support response, providing early situational awareness during a time when the chance for outbreak containment is highest. Our curation team experienced recurring challenges in building an emerging disease dataset in real-time and wanted to
Curator Review for 2022: Reflecting on the mpox and Ebola outbreaks
Curator Review for 2022: Reflecting on the…
Curator Review for 2022: Reflecting on the mpox and Ebola outbreaks
In 2022, the Global.health (G.h) team completed our 100 Days Mission for two emerging infectious disease outbreaks - mpox (formerly named monkeypox, May - September) and Ebola (September - December). Both outbreaks posed an immediate threat to global public health and we responded by creating openly accessible epidemiological line-list data to support response, providing early situational awareness during a time when the chance for outbreak containment is highest. Our curation team experienced recurring challenges in building an emerging disease dataset in real-time and wanted to