Inoculating Cities: Case Studies of the Urban Response of the COVID-19 Pandemic uses detailed case studies to document and describe how cities located in high, middle and low-income countries responded to the COVID-19 pandemic. City governments and municipal authorities exist and operate in extremely varied contexts (i.e., socioeconomic, demographic, legal and governance, etc.) and intentionally documenting the experiences in these different contexts provides guidance to decision-makers for future preparedness and response activities.
This volume highlights the innovative solutions throughout the pandemic as described by the people who designed and implemented pandemic response efforts in their cities. In addition, it identifies successful models that can be adopted in the future by city leaders around the world.
• Includes a holistic set of pandemic response considerations, such as contact tracing, quarantine and isolation, surging public health and medical workforces, risk communication, the provision testing and vaccination services, and reaching vulnerable populations1. Introduction - p. xiii 2. Section 1: Pandemic governance and coordination - p. xx 3. Chapter 1. COVID-19 control strategy and measures in Kawasaki City, Japan - p. 7 4. Chapter 2. COVID-19 pandemic: how Lagos State Government managed the COVID-19 pandemic and the tripod of biosecurity - p. 25 5. Chapter 3. COVID-19 in Beirut: epidemiology, response, gaps, and challenges - p. 43 6. Chapter 4. Pandemic governance and community mobilization in conflict: a case study of Idlib, Syria - p. 61 7. Section 2: Technology and digital approaches for pandemic response - p. 77 8. Chapter 5. Singapore’s whole-of-nation strategy for pandemic response and vaccination of the population - p. 87 9. Chapter 6. Future-proofing: Quezon City’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic as investments against the next epidemic - p. 115 10. Section 3: Workforce and surge capacity - p. 138 11. Chapter 7. Expanding workforce surge capacity and the multijurisdictional response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Las Vegas metropolitan area - p. 147 12. Chapter 8. Using mobile financial services to improve community health workers’ efficiency during the COVID-19 pandemic in Dhaka, Bangladesh - p. 167 13. Section 4: Vulnerable populations and pandemic response - p. 183 14. Chapter 9. Prioritizing local context and expertise in a global pandemic: the New Orleans response to COVID-19 - p. 193 15. Chapter 10. COVID-19, control and confusion: experiences from Cape Town, South Africa - p. 209 16. Chapter 11. A proactive approach to curtail the spread of COVID-19 in the Dharavi Slum, Mumbai, India - p. 221 17. Section 5: Risk communication - p. 228 18. Chapter 12. Risk communications in a pandemic: tailored communications and public health messaging to urban populations in Baltimore City - p. 233 19. Conclusion - p. 247 20. Index - p. 255
Inoculating Cities: Case Studies of the Urban Response of the COVID-19 Pandemic uses detailed case studies to document and describe how cities located in high, middle and low-income countries responded to the COVID-19 pandemic. City governments and municipal authorities exist and operate in extremely varied contexts (i.e., socioeconomic, demographic, legal and governance, etc.) and intentionally documenting the experiences in these different contexts provides guidance to decision-makers for future preparedness and response activities.
This volume highlights the innovative solutions throughout the pandemic as described by the people who designed and implemented pandemic response efforts in their cities. In addition, it identifies successful models that can be adopted in the future by city leaders around the world.
• Includes a holistic set of pandemic response considerations, such as contact tracing, quarantine and isolation, surging public health and medical workforces, risk communication, the provision testing and vaccination services, and reaching vulnerable populations1. Introduction - p. xiii 2. Section 1: Pandemic governance and coordination - p. xx 3. Chapter 1. COVID-19 control strategy and measures in Kawasaki City, Japan - p. 7 4. Chapter 2. COVID-19 pandemic: how Lagos State Government managed the COVID-19 pandemic and the tripod of biosecurity - p. 25 5. Chapter 3. COVID-19 in Beirut: epidemiology, response, gaps, and challenges - p. 43 6. Chapter 4. Pandemic governance and community mobilization in conflict: a case study of Idlib, Syria - p. 61 7. Section 2: Technology and digital approaches for pandemic response - p. 77 8. Chapter 5. Singapore’s whole-of-nation strategy for pandemic response and vaccination of the population - p. 87 9. Chapter 6. Future-proofing: Quezon City’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic as investments against the next epidemic - p. 115 10. Section 3: Workforce and surge capacity - p. 138 11. Chapter 7. Expanding workforce surge capacity and the multijurisdictional response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Las Vegas metropolitan area - p. 147 12. Chapter 8. Using mobile financial services to improve community health workers’ efficiency during the COVID-19 pandemic in Dhaka, Bangladesh - p. 167 13. Section 4: Vulnerable populations and pandemic response - p. 183 14. Chapter 9. Prioritizing local context and expertise in a global pandemic: the New Orleans response to COVID-19 - p. 193 15. Chapter 10. COVID-19, control and confusion: experiences from Cape Town, South Africa - p. 209 16. Chapter 11. A proactive approach to curtail the spread of COVID-19 in the Dharavi Slum, Mumbai, India - p. 221 17. Section 5: Risk communication - p. 228 18. Chapter 12. Risk communications in a pandemic: tailored communications and public health messaging to urban populations in Baltimore City - p. 233 19. Conclusion - p. 247 20. Index - p. 255
