Drawing light from the pandemic: Rethinking strategies for health policy and beyond

Rebecca Forman, Natasha Azzopardi-Muscat, Victoria Kirkby, Suszy Lessof, Naomi Limaro Nathan, Gabriele Pastorino, Govin Permanand, May CI van Schalkwyk, Aleksandra Torbica (), Reinhard Busse, Josep Figueras, Martin McKee and Elias Mossialos

Health Policy, 2022, vol. 126, issue 1, 1-6

Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic is a catastrophe. It was also preventable. The potential impacts of a novel pathogen were foreseen and for decades scientists and commentators around the world warned of the threat. Most governments and global institutions failed to heed the warnings or to pay enough attention to risks emerging at the interface of human, animal, and environmental health. We were not ready for COVID-19, and people, economies, and governments around the world have suffered as a result. We must learn from these experiences now and implement transformational changes so that we can prevent future crises, and if and when emergencies do emerge, we can respond in more timely, robust and equitable ways, and minimize immediate and longer-term impacts.

Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2021.12.001

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