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Leveraging Data Science for Global Health

Author :  Leo Anthony Celi; Maimuna S. Majumder; Patricia Ordóñez; Juan Sebastian Osorio; Kenneth E. Paik; Melek Somai

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Country
Switzerland
Publisher
Springer
ISBN 9783030479961
Format PaperBack
Language English
Year of Publication 2020
Bib. Info XII, 475 p. 196 illus., 175 illus. in color.
Categories Medicine & Public Health
Product Weight 741 gms.
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This open access book explores ways to leverage information technology and machine learning to combat disease and promote health, especially in resource-constrained settings. It focuses on digital disease surveillance through the application of machine learning to non-traditional data sources. Developing countries are uniquely prone to large-scale emerging infectious disease outbreaks due to disruption of ecosystems, civil unrest, and poor healthcare infrastructure – and without comprehensive surveillance, delays in outbreak identification, resource deployment, and case management can be catastrophic. In combination with context-informed analytics, students will learn how non-traditional digital disease data sources – including news media, social media, Google Trends, and Google Street View – can fill critical knowledge gaps and help inform on-the-ground decision-making when formal surveillance systems are insufficient.

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