Mathematical approaches for controlling emerging and re-emerging diseases

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The aim of this proposal is to design a mathematical modelling framework for assessing control strategies against the spread of some classes of human diseases of public health importance, notably childhood diseases, vector-borne diseases (e.g., dengue and malaria), sexually-transmitted diseases (e.g., HIV), respiratory diseases (e.g., seasonal and pandemic influenza, tuberculosis, SARS) and other vaccine-preventable diseases (e.g., diphtheria, pneumococcal disease, rotavirus, yellow fever, typhoid, cholera). Although many of these diseases are controllable and/or treatable, they continue to be major global menace. For instance, figures from the World Health Organization show that nearly 46 million people currently live with HIV globally, and the disease has so far claimed the lives of over 20 million people.