Tom V. Inglesby

Tom V. Inglesby is director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and professor in the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering, Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Could Economic Incentives Encourage Faster Outbreak Reporting?

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A new funding mechanism could speed up early disease reporting, which could prevent outbreaks like Ebola from spiraling out of control

John Macki, a public health expert, controls motorcycle taxis before a health check point screening along the street, in Mongbwalu, Djugu Territory of Ituri province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on May 23, 2026.