EGHRIN conclusions on pandemic preparedness: no whole-of-society approach without society

Stockman Marie; Plasència Antonio; Larson Heidi; Lin Leesa; Antic Ana; Drost Janharmen; Froeschl Guenter; Skordis Jolene; Vandamme Anne-Mieke

doi:10.1186/s12913-024-12104-7

EGHRIN conclusions on pandemic preparedness: no whole-of-society approach without society

BMC Health Serv Res. 2024 Dec 18;24(1):1561. doi: 10.1186/s12913-024-12104-7.

Authors

Stockman Marie¹, Plasència Antonio², Larson Heidi^{3

4

5}, Lin Leesa^{3

6

7}, Antic Ana⁸, Drost Janharmen⁹, Froeschl Guenter¹⁰, Skordis Jolene¹¹, Vandamme Anne-Mieke^{12

13}

Affiliations

¹ KU Leuven, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Clinical and Epidemiological Virology, Institute for the Future, Herestraat 49, Louvain, 3000, Belgium. [email protected].
² Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Hospital Clínic, Universitat de Barcelona, Rosselló 132, Barcelona, 08036, Spain.
³ Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Dynamics, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK.
⁴ Institute for Health Metrics Sciences & Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
⁵ Centre for the Evaluation of Vaccination, Vaccine & Infectious Disease Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
⁶ Laboratory of Data Discovery for Health Limited (D24H), Hong Kong Science Park, Pak Shek Kok, Hong Kong, New Territories, China.
⁷ WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control, School of Public Health, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong, China.
⁸ Department of European History and Medical Humanities, Centre for Culture and the Mind, University of Copenhagen, Emil Holms Kanal 6, Copenhagen, 2300, Denmark.
⁹ Institute for Global Health and Development, Paasheuvelweg 25, Amsterdam, 1105 BP, Netherlands.
¹⁰ Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Leopoldstr. 5, Munich, 80802, Germany.
¹¹ Institute for Global Health, University College London, Gower St, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.
¹² KU Leuven, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Clinical and Epidemiological Virology, Institute for the Future, Herestraat 49, Louvain, 3000, Belgium.
¹³ Center for Global Health and Tropical Medicine, Instituto de Higiene E Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.

Abstract

Pandemic preparedness necessitates a multifaceted approach that emphasizes societal factors, such as building trust and acknowledges cultural and societal differences, with a focus on protecting vulnerable groups. To support these goals, the European Global Health Research Institutes Network has outlined a comprehensive transdisciplinary approach through a set of multilevel recommendations.

Keywords: Health policy; Pandemic preparedness; Society; Transdisciplinary.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

COVID-19 / epidemiology
COVID-19 / prevention & control
Disaster Planning / organization & administration
Europe
Global Health
Humans
Pandemic Preparedness
Pandemics* / prevention & control