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Front Cover -- Inoculating Cities, Volume II -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Introduction -- Cities and the response to infectious disease events: from localized outbreaks to pandemics -- The structure of this book -- References -- I. Pandemic governance and coordination -- What is governance? -- What is good governance? -- Why does governance matter? -- The importance of governance for urban pandemic response -- Chapter introductions -- References -- 1 COVID-19 control strategy and measures in Kawasaki City, Japan -- Background -- Public health and infectious disease control in Kawasaki City -- The response to COVID-19 in Kawasaki City -- The responses to domestic clusters of COVID-19 -- Developing laboratory diagnosis capacities -- Vaccines and mass vaccination exercises -- Responding to the first case of the Omicron variant in Kawasaki City -- Conclusion: lessons learned from Kawasaki City -- References -- 2 COVID-19 pandemic: how Lagos State Government managed the COVID-19 pandemic and the tripod of biosecurity -- Background -- Background on Lagos, Nigeria -- Background on the public health system in Lagos -- Lagos State's approach to emergency preparedness -- Governance and policy -- Coordinating systems -- Capabilities -- Resources -- COVID-19 in Lagos -- The response to COVID-19 in Lagos -- The pre-index case response -- The post-index case response -- The response to pandemic waves of COVID-19 -- Lessons learned from Lagos' response to the COVID-19 pandemic -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 COVID-19 in Beirut: epidemiology, response, gaps, and challenges -- Background -- The socioeconomic status in Lebanon -- The health care system in Lebanon -- The COVID-19 response in Beirut -- The epidemiology of COVID-19 in Beirut -- COVID-19 vaccination: successes and challenges.

Front Cover -- Inoculating Cities -- Inoculating Cities -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: cities, infectious disease, and the local governance of health security -- REFERENCES -- 1 - Controlling dengue, an urban pandemic - a case study of Delhi, India -- A brief background on the dengue virus -- Dengue virus serotypes and associated virulence -- Diagnosis and treatment of dengue -- Global distribution of the dengue virus -- The historical and current distributions of dengue in India -- Dengue control in the city of Delhi -- Delhi and its urbanization -- Historical trends of dengue in Delhi -- Spatial distribution of dengue in Delhi -- Delhi's actions for controlling dengue -- Challenges and next steps for controlling dengue in Delhi -- Preventive actions -- Reactive measures -- Knowledge and awareness -- Conclusions -- References -- 2 - Municipal healthcare delivery special pathogens preparedness and response in the city that never sleeps: the NY ... -- NYC urban landscape and constant threat of infectious diseases of public health concern -- The foundation for preparedness: education, training, and exercises -- In-service training -- Mystery patient drills -- Full-scale exercises -- Emergency management approach to infectious disease preparedness and response -- Response to Ebola virus disease -- Response to the Zika virus -- Response to seasonal influenza -- Response to Candida auris -- Responding to the 2018-19 NYC measles outbreak -- Responding to the contagion: the disease -- Responding to the contagion: misinformation -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 - The 2019 measles outbreak in Clark County, Washington -- Background -- Measles -- The Washington State Public Health Emergency Preparedness System -- Methods -- Incident description -- Analysis -- Policy decision-making.

Introduction to public health preparedness -- Threats from biological, chemical, nuclear, and radiological weapons -- Threats from naturally occurring disease and natural disaster -- 9/11 and it's aftermath -- Legislation, regulation, and policy guidance -- Biosecurity -- The research agenda -- Natural disasters and humanitarian response -- Surveillance and attribution investigations -- The preparedness cycle -- Practical applications of public health emergency management -- Developing a public health emergency operations center -- Links to exercises and capacity building -- Case studies in public health response operations

OBJECTIVES. We sought to better understand the tools used by public health officials in the control of tuberculosis (TB). METHODS. We conducted a series of in-depth interviews with public health officials at the local, state, and federal levels to better understand how health departments around the country use isolation measures to control TB. RESULTS. State and local public health officials' use of social distancing tools in infection control varies widely, particularly in response to handling noncompliant patients. Judicial and community support, in addition to financial resources, impacted the incentives and enablers used to maintain isolation of infectious TB patients. CONCLUSIONS. Instituting social distancing requires authorities and resources and can be impacted by evidentiary standards, risk assessments, political will, and community support. Awareness of these factors, as well as knowledge of state and local uses of social distancing measures, is essential to understanding what actions are most likely to be instituted during a public health emergency and to target interventions to better prepare health departments to utilize the best available tools necessary to control the spread of disease.