Data Analytics and Assessment Skills, Policy Development and Program Planning Skills, Communication Skills, Health Equity Skills, Community Partnership Skills, Public Health Sciences Skills Brian Tolleson Data Analytics and Assessment Skills, Policy Development and Program Planning Skills, Communication Skills, Health Equity Skills, Community Partnership Skills, Public Health Sciences Skills Brian Tolleson

PART 8.3

In February 2016, the World Health Organization declared the Zika virus outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. The Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region was the most affected with more than 700,000 cases reported. In response to the outbreak, the U.S. Government allocated a portion of the funds remaining from the previous Ebola outbreak response to the LAC region. But money was not enough. The region lacked the public health and laboratory infrastructure for disease surveillance, contact tracing, and diagnostics, and needed to quickly build a workforce to respond and prevent future outbreaks.

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