Will COVID-19 generate global preparedness?

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Article

DOI

10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30559-6

Publication Date

3-18-2020

Abstract

The COVID-19 outbreak is yet another reminder of the necessity of intensified and sustained commitment to global public health preparedness. The world does not need more evidence of the health, social, economic, environmental, and other problems that arise when we fail to invest adequately in global health security. What is required to break this panic-then-forget cycle is to follow through on prioritising, funding, and implementing preparedness interventions.

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© 2020 Elsevier Ltd. This article first appeared in The Lancet, Volume 395, Issue 10229, 28 March–3 April 2020, Pages 1013-1014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30559-6

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