AUTHOR=Seetah Krish , Moots Hannah , Pickel David , Van Cant Marit , Cianciosi Alessandra , Mordecai Erin , Cullen Mark , Maldonado Yvonne 

TITLE=Global Health Needs Modernized Containment Strategies to Prepare for the Next Pandemic

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Public Health

VOLUME=Volume 10 - 2022

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.834451

DOI=10.3389/fpubh.2022.834451

ISSN=2296-2565

ABSTRACT=Here we highlight the important role of anthropological and historical perspectives to inform approaches to non-pharmaceutical interventions to the Sars-Cov-2 pandemic and future preparedness. The National Academy of Medicine, a not-for-profit, non-governmental US-based medical watchdog organization, published a key document early in the Sars-Cov-2 pandemic which points to inadequate quarantine and containment infrastructure as a key obstacle to an effective pandemic response. In considering how to implement effective quarantine policies and infrastructure, we argue that it is essential to take a long-term approach to the interventions that have been effective in past pandemics while simultaneously addressing and eliminating the negative socio-historical legacies of quarantine practices.