IGI Global Offers Free Access to "Emergency Response in Rural Areas"

The Ebola virus has claimed almost 5,000 lives since March, sparking the implementation of defense measures around the world to protect citizens from the contagious disease.

On Tuesday, October 28, Australia became the first developed country to shut its borders to citizens of those countries worst hit by the West African Ebola outbreak, a move those states said stigmatized healthy people and would ultimately obstruct prevention. On October 24, the governors of New Jersey and New York ordered a mandatory, 21-day quarantine for all medical workers and other arriving airline passengers who have had contact with victims of the deadly disease in West Africa.

During November, IGI Global is offering free access to the article, "Emergency Response in Rural Areas." The article relays a study coordinated in rural parts of Sweden, investigating new ways of organizing for efficient response in the face of emergency. Discussing new ways of organizing for efficient response are explored through extended collaboration among societal sectors and in the utilization of local social capital. New categories of first responders and their requirements are identified, and both technical and non-technical solutions as support are proposed. The solutions include mobile applications and a technical infrastructure, making it possible for volunteers to obtain information about events requiring emergency response.

IGI Global is one of the leading publishers of books, journals, and databases on information and computer science technology applied to business and public administration, engineering, education, medicine and healthcare, and social science.

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