From response to transformation: how countries can strengthen national pandemic preparedness and response systems

Victoria Haldane; Anne-Sophie Jung; Rachel Neill; Sudhvir Singh; Shishi Wu; Margaret Jamieson; Monica Verma; Melisa Tan; Chuan De Foo; Salma M Abdalla; Pami Shrestha; Alvin Qijia Chua; Anders Nordström; Helena Legido-Quigley

doi:10.1136/bmj-2021-067507

From response to transformation: how countries can strengthen national pandemic preparedness and response systems

BMJ. 2021 Nov 28:375:e067507. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2021-067507.

Authors

Victoria Haldane¹, Anne-Sophie Jung², Rachel Neill³, Sudhvir Singh⁴, Shishi Wu⁵, Margaret Jamieson², Monica Verma⁶, Melisa Tan⁶, Chuan De Foo⁶, Salma M Abdalla^{4

7}, Pami Shrestha⁶, Alvin Qijia Chua⁶, Anders Nordström⁴, Helena Legido-Quigley^{8

4

6}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Global Health & Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK.
² Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Canada.
³ Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA.
⁴ The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response Secretariat.
⁵ Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Canada.
⁶ Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore and NUHS, Singapore.
⁷ School of Public Health, Boston University, USA.
⁸ Department of Global Health & Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK ephhlq@nus.edu.sg.

Abstract

Victoria Haldane and colleagues delve into the characteristics of national responses to covid-19. They suggest actionable steps at a national level that can guide states to achieve the independent panel’s recommendations for making this the last pandemic

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

COVID-19 / diagnosis
COVID-19 / epidemiology*
COVID-19 / prevention & control*
COVID-19 / virology
Delivery of Health Care / organization & administration*
Disaster Planning / organization & administration*
Economic Status / trends
Female
Health Resources / supply & distribution
Humans
Male
Pandemics
Peer Review / methods
SARS-CoV-2 / genetics
Singapore / epidemiology
Vaccines / supply & distribution

Substances

Vaccines