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Mitigating Disease Spread by Design in Refugee and IDP Camps
Abstract
Disease spread represents an increasing challenge in refugee and internally displaced person (IDP) settlements. The movement and interaction of people within camps is influenced by their layout, which therefore has the potential to significantly affect disease spread. This work aims at creating a methodology to explore the potential effects of different camp layouts as mitigating factors in the spread of diseases within settlements. We showcase proof-of-concept experiments by leveraging the JUNE agent-based epidemic model, discuss the kind of operational insights this methodology can facilitate, and provide a framework for future investigations.
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BibTeX
@misc{zarpellon2026mitigating,
title = {{Mitigating Disease Spread by Design in Refugee and IDP Camps}},
author = {Giulia Zarpellon and Joseph Aylett-Bullock and Frank Krauss and Miguel Luengo-Oroz},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2609.05342},
eprint = {2609.05342},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.05342},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Mitigating Disease Spread by Design in Refugee and IDP Camps
AU - Giulia Zarpellon
AU - Joseph Aylett-Bullock
AU - Frank Krauss
AU - Miguel Luengo-Oroz
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/04
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2609.05342
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.05342
AB - Disease spread represents an increasing challenge in refugee and internally displaced person (IDP) settlements. The movement and interaction of people within camps is influenced by their layout, which therefore has the potential to significantly affect disease spread. This work aims at creating a methodology to explore the potential effects of different camp layouts as mitigating factors in the spread of diseases within settlements. We showcase proof-of-concept experiments by leveraging the JUNE agent-based epidemic model, discuss the kind of operational insights this methodology can facilitate, and provide a framework for future investigations.
ER -