background and aims: the world is threatened by disease outbreak that reaches a public health emergency of international concern, studies to inform public and agencies for effective containment strategy are necessary. several studies provided vital information of the dynamics and control of ebola epidemic outbreak in west africa. methodologies and techniques in those researches have to be revie...

Abstract In the absence of drugs and vaccines, policymakers use non-pharmaceutical interventions such as social distancing to decrease rates disease-causing contact, with aim reducing or delaying epidemic peak. These measures carry economic costs, so societies may be unable maintain them for more than a short period time. Intervention policy design often relies on numerical simulations models, ...

Background and aims: The world is threatened by disease outbreak that reaches a public health emergency of international concern, studies to inform public and agencies for effective containment strategy are necessary. Several studies provided vital information of the dynamics and control of Ebola epidemic outbreak in West Africa. Methodologies and techniques in those researches...

A heroin epidemic mathematical model with prevention information and treatment, as control interventions, is analysed, assuming that an individual's behavioural response depends on the spreading of about effects heroin. Such creates awareness, which helps individuals to participate in preventive education self-protective schemes additional efforts. We prove basic reproduction number threshold l...