Mathematics of Public Health

This volume addresses SDG 3 from a mathematical standpoint, sharing novel perspectives of existing communicable diseasemodelling technologies of the next generation and disseminating new developments in modelling methodologiesand simulation techniques. These methodologies are important fortraining and research in communicable diseases and can be applied to otherthreats to human health. The contributions contained in this collection/book cover a range ofmodelling techniques that have been and may be used to support decision-making on critical health related issues such as: Resource allocation Impact of climate change on communicable diseases Interaction of human behaviour change, and disease spread Disease outbreak trajectories projection Public health interventions evaluation Preparedness and mitigation of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases outbreaks Development of vaccines and decisions around vaccine allocation and optimization The diseases and public health issues in this volume include, but are not limited to COVID-19, HIV, Influenza, antimicrobial resistance (AMR), the opioid epidemic, Lyme Disease, Zika, and Malaria. In addition, this volume compares compartmental models, agent-based models, machine learning and network. Readers have an opportunity to learn from the next generation perspective of evolving methodologies and algorithms in modelling infectious diseases, the mathematics behind them, the motivation for them, and some applications to supporting critical decisions on prevention and control of communicable diseases. This volume wascompiled from the weekly seminar series organized by the Mathematics for PublicHealth (MfPH) Next Generation Network. This network brings together the nextgeneration of modellers from across Canada and the world, developing the latestmathematical models, modeling methodologies, and analytical and simulation toolsfor communicable diseases of global public health concerns. The weekly seminarseries provides a unique forum for this network and their invited guest speakersto share their perspectives on the status and future directions ofmathematics of public health.