Local Communities’ Overlooked Role in the Fight against Pandemics

In the wake of the Wuhan coronavirus global emergency, the world’s focus turned to China and other nations to see how their governments were preventing further spread of the disease. Abt’s James White dives into a key element in pandemic prevention that is frequently overlooked: the mobilizing of local communities. Often the first to detect and respond to a novel disease, community-based health workers and other local professionals are left awaiting external help from their national government while the disease continues to spread. White provides solutions to bridging this gap.