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Non-selective distribution of infectious disease prevention may outperform risk-based targeting

Epidemic control often requires optimal distribution of available vaccines and prophylactic tools, to protect from infection those …

Benjamin Steinegger, Iacopo Iacopini, Andreia Sofia Teixeira, Alberto Bracci, Pau Casanova-Ferrer, Alberto Antonioni, Eugenio Valdano

Non-selective distribution of infectious disease prevention may outperform risk-based targeting

Predicting the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in Africa: the case of Namibia

African countries have a very different demographic structure than resource-rich countries: in many African countries, over 50% of the …

Justin T Okano, Eugenio Valdano, Honore K Mitonga, Sally Blower

The potential impact of country-level migration networks on HIV epidemics in sub-Saharan Africa: the case of Botswana

Generalised HIV epidemics in sub-Saharan Africa show substantial geographical variation in prevalence, which is considered when …

Justin T Okano, Lesego Busang, Khumo Seipone, Eugenio Valdano, Sally Blower

Effect of delayed awareness and fatigue on the efficacy of self-isolation in epidemic control

The isolation of infectious individuals is a key measure of public health for the control of communicable diseases. However, involving …

Giulia De Meijere, Vittoria Colizza, Eugenio Valdano, Claudio Castellano

Projecting the COVID-19 epidemic risk in France for the summer 2021

France’s COVID-19 epidemic situation is at a turning point. Case incidence is increasing with the rapid progression of the Delta …

Mattia Mazzoli, Eugenio Valdano, Vittoria Colizza

Using mobile phone data to reveal risk flow networks underlying the HIV epidemic in Namibia

Twenty-six million people are living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa; epidemics are widely dispersed, due to high levels of mobility. …

Eugenio Valdano, Justin T. Okano, Vittoria Colizza, Honore K. Mitonga, Sally Blower

Using mobile phone data to reveal risk flow networks underlying the HIV epidemic in Namibia

Highlighting socio-economic constraints on mobility reductions during COVID-19 restrictions in France can inform effective and equitable pandemic response

Eugenio Valdano, Jonggul Lee, Shweta Bansal, Stefania Rubrichi, Vittoria Colizza

Reorganization of nurse scheduling reduces the risk of healthcare associated infections

Efficient prevention and control of healthcare associated infections (HAIs) is still an open problem. Using contact data from wearable …

Eugenio Valdano, Chiara Poletto, Pierre-Yves Boëlle, Vittoria Colizza

Underdetection of cases of COVID-19 in France threatens epidemic control

As countries in Europe gradually relaxed lockdown restrictions after the first wave, test–trace–isolate strategies became critical to …

Giulia Pullano, Laura Di Domenico, Chiara E. Sabbatini, Eugenio Valdano, Clément Turbelin, Marion Debin, Caroline Guerrisi, Charly Kengne-Kuetche, Cécile Souty, Thomas Hanslik, Thierry Blanchon, Pierre-Yves Boëlle, Julie Figoni, Sophie Vaux, Christine Campèse, Sibylle Bernard-Stoecklin, Vittoria Colizza

Evaluating the effect of demographic factors, socioeconomic factors, and risk aversion on mobility during the COVID-19 epidemic in France under lockdown: a population-based study

Background

On March 17, 2020, French authorities implemented a nationwide lockdown to respond to the COVID-19 epidemic and curb the …

Giulia Pullano, Eugenio Valdano, Nicola Scarpa, Stefania Rubrichi, Vittoria Colizza

Evaluating the effect of demographic factors, socioeconomic factors, and risk aversion on mobility during the COVID-19 epidemic in France under lockdown: a population-based study