{"id":15889,"date":"2021-10-13T13:13:32","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T20:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/?p=15889"},"modified":"2026-04-16T23:02:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T06:02:40","slug":"new-publication-on-cost-effective-pooled-covid-19-testing-and-quarantine-strategies-in-world-health-organization-bulletin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/2021\/10\/13\/new-publication-on-cost-effective-pooled-covid-19-testing-and-quarantine-strategies-in-world-health-organization-bulletin\/","title":{"rendered":"New publication on cost-effective pooled COVID-19 testing and quarantine strategies in World Health Organization Bulletin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-15890 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/WHO-Bulletin-Oct-2021_560x380-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/WHO-Bulletin-Oct-2021_560x380-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/WHO-Bulletin-Oct-2021_560x380-375x254.jpg 375w, https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/WHO-Bulletin-Oct-2021_560x380.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The October 2021 <span class=\"nc684nl6\">World Health Organization (WHO)<\/span> Bulletin issue features a new publication titled, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC8477423\/?report=classic&amp;fbclid=IwAR0sNnlLcQy9n_dGGGgbrEeQc_U2O35OtHKQovOlb1CZmFmAHD6uI0VWzbU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pooled testing for SARS-CoV-2, options for efficiency at scale<\/a>,&#8221; by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/issues\/390889\/?fbclid=IwAR1yR7pLmfKhDD9seuULZ-yr9b3itZ4pIUmWg0f4cVcYCScnNXQqzlK2e58\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr. Bhavna Chohan<\/a> of UW Global Health and Kenya Medical Research Institute and and Dr. Marie Reilly of Karolinska Institutet.<\/p>\n<p>A pooling strategy adapted to social networks offers a cost-effective strategy to enable the many uninfected individuals to continue their functions in society, while lockdown restrictions are imposed only on the few who are potentially infected. This integration of testing and quarantine strategies may enhance public trust and cooperation during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/issues\/390889\/?fbclid=IwAR1yR7pLmfKhDD9seuULZ-yr9b3itZ4pIUmWg0f4cVcYCScnNXQqzlK2e58\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to read the latest issue.<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The October 2021 World Health Organization (WHO) Bulletin issue features a new publication titled, &#8220;Pooled testing for SARS-CoV-2, options for efficiency at scale,&#8221; by Dr. Bhavna Chohan of UW Global Health and Kenya Medical Research Institute and and Dr. Marie Reilly of Karolinska Institutet. A pooling strategy adapted to social networks offers a cost-effective strategy&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/2021\/10\/13\/new-publication-on-cost-effective-pooled-covid-19-testing-and-quarantine-strategies-in-world-health-organization-bulletin\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about New publication on cost-effective pooled COVID-19 testing and quarantine strategies in World Health Organization Bulletin\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[93],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-covid-19"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15889"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19000,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15889\/revisions\/19000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}