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The utility of infectious disease modelling in informing policy for outbreak response: a scoping review

2025-03-04 health policy Title + abstract only
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Background and objectivesInfectious disease modelling plays a critical role in guiding policy during outbreaks. However, ongoing debates over the utility of these models highlight the need for a deeper understanding of their role in policymaking. In this scoping review we sought to assess how infectious disease modelling informs policy, focusing on challenges and facilitators of translating modelling insights into actionable policies. MethodsWe searched the Ovid database to identify modelling s...

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