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Public health he is under pressure. To pass health care systems around the world, money is shrinking, tired professionals are quitting, and in US legislatures they are returning the necessary controls. At the same time, epidemics of diseases such as measles and dengue are increasing, which increases the urgency and responsibility at work. In 2025, these pressures will lead to a revolution in epidemiology, pushing the sector to adopt new technologies to be more effective and efficient in the fight against epidemics.
The Covid-19 pandemic it was very difficult for the health workers, which led to a temporary response to the epidemic. The long-running crisis revealed many opportunities in the labor force in dire straits.
Unfortunately, this pandemic was not the first nor will it be the last threat to public health to threaten our security. In the past, major outbreaks of infectious diseases have occurred every two years on average. Even now, avian influenza A (H5N1) it has been expanding its territory and the variety of species available over the years. By another analysis, The world is now close to a flu epidemic than at any time in recent memory.
With these pressures, public health has no choice but to change. Although new technologies such as mRNA vaccine platforms and at-home testing are expanding our arsenal against epidemics, we cannot rely on these alone.
The most important untapped potential of technology lies in public health. The most promising development that comes out of these challenges is the adoption of high reliability principles as a new way of working. These principles come from industries that do not tolerate accidents and errors, such as space exploration and commercial aviation.
Public health, especially epidemiology, has begun to move away from the unproven methods that can be introduced to the established methods of highly reliable industries. A commitment to continuous improvement, monitoring performance data and metrics, and implementing operational strategies are the most reliable indicators. These actions help organizations to remain safe and efficient, even in difficult and critical times.
Although we are still in the early days of this transition, the challenges of the past five years will help set the stage for greater confidence in the coming year. Some early successes are already evident. For example, the CDC’s response monitoring program diseases caused by diseases it has advanced a lot. They have used genome sequencing to identify the source of epidemics and developed a number of best practices to assist state and local authorities in their research. This change has led to an increase in successful research, meaning that the sources of epidemics are now better known. In contrast, before this change, the origin of many epidemics was not resolved.
Epidemiology is at a critical juncture. Faced with dwindling resources, worker fatigue, and disease outbreaks, the industry is being forced to innovate. The implementation of high reliability principles, borrowed from industries where failure is impossible, appears as a reliable method. The change is already beginning to produce results, as is research into foodborne illness. By using sustainable and continuously improved methods and advanced technologies, public health will improve its ability to detect and control the spread of disease. These changes promise a more efficient and effective way to protect public health in the face of emerging threats.
