Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic-Unique Opportunities for Unifying, Revamping and Reshaping Epidemic Preparedness of Europe's Public Health Systems

Giuseppe Ippolito¹, Francesco Nicola Lauria², Franco Locatelli³, Nicola Magrini⁴, Chiara Montaldo⁵, Raffaella Sadun⁶, Markus Maeurer⁷, Gino Strada⁸, Francesco Vairo⁹, Salvatore Curiale¹⁰, Antoine Lafont¹¹, Antonino di Caro¹², Maria Rosaria Capobianchi¹³, Rainer Meilicke¹⁴, Eskild Petersen¹⁵, Alimuddin Zumla¹⁶, Michel Pletschette¹⁷

Affiliations

¹ National Institute for Infectious Diseases, Lazzaro Spallanzani, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: giuseppe.ippolito@inmi.it.
² National Institute for Infectious Diseases, Lazzaro Spallanzani, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: francesco.lauria@inmi.it.
³ Sapienza, University of Rome and Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Italy. Electronic address: franco.locatelli@opbg.net.
⁴ Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: n.magrini@aifa.gov.it.
⁵ National Institute for Infectious Diseases, Lazzaro Spallanzani, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: chiara.montaldo@inmi.it.
⁶ Harvard University, Harvard Business School, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: raffaella.sadun@gmail.com.
⁷ Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Lisbon, Portugal; I Medical Clinic, University of Mainz, Germany. Electronic address: markus.maeurer@fundacaochampalimaud.pt.
⁸ Emergency-NGO, Milan, Italy. Electronic address: g.strada@emergency.it.
⁹ National Institute for Infectious Diseases, Lazzaro Spallanzani, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: francesco.vairo@inmi.it.
¹⁰ National Institute for Infectious Diseases, Lazzaro Spallanzani, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: salvatore.curiale@inmi.it.
¹¹ Hôpital Européen Georges-Pompidou, Paris, France. Electronic address: Antoinelafont75@gmail.com.
¹² National Institute for Infectious Diseases, Lazzaro Spallanzani, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: antonino.dicaro@inmi.it.
¹³ National Institute for Infectious Diseases, Lazzaro Spallanzani, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: maria.capobianchi@inmi.it.
¹⁴ District Public Health Department, Siegburg, Germany. Electronic address: meilicke-meckenheim@t-online.de.
¹⁵ Institute for Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Aarhus, Denmark; European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases [ESCMID] Task Force for Emerging Infections, Basel, Switzerland. Electronic address: eskild.petersen@gmail.com.
¹⁶ Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, London, UK; NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, University College London Hospitals, London, UK. Electronic address: a.zumla@ucl.ac.uk.
¹⁷ Department of Tropical and Infectious Diseases, Medical Center of the University of Munich, Munich, Germany. Electronic address: michel.pletschette@lrz.uni-muenchen.de.

PMID: 33152511
PMCID: PMC9186783
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.10.094

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Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic-Unique Opportunities for Unifying, Revamping and Reshaping Epidemic Preparedness of Europe's Public Health Systems

Giuseppe Ippolito et al. Int J Infect Dis. 2020 Dec.

. 2020 Dec:101:361-366.

doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.10.094. Epub 2020 Nov 2.

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Affiliations

¹ National Institute for Infectious Diseases, Lazzaro Spallanzani, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: giuseppe.ippolito@inmi.it.
² National Institute for Infectious Diseases, Lazzaro Spallanzani, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: francesco.lauria@inmi.it.
³ Sapienza, University of Rome and Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Italy. Electronic address: franco.locatelli@opbg.net.
⁴ Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: n.magrini@aifa.gov.it.
⁵ National Institute for Infectious Diseases, Lazzaro Spallanzani, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: chiara.montaldo@inmi.it.
⁶ Harvard University, Harvard Business School, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: raffaella.sadun@gmail.com.
⁷ Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Lisbon, Portugal; I Medical Clinic, University of Mainz, Germany. Electronic address: markus.maeurer@fundacaochampalimaud.pt.
⁸ Emergency-NGO, Milan, Italy. Electronic address: g.strada@emergency.it.
⁹ National Institute for Infectious Diseases, Lazzaro Spallanzani, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: francesco.vairo@inmi.it.
¹⁰ National Institute for Infectious Diseases, Lazzaro Spallanzani, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: salvatore.curiale@inmi.it.
¹¹ Hôpital Européen Georges-Pompidou, Paris, France. Electronic address: Antoinelafont75@gmail.com.
¹² National Institute for Infectious Diseases, Lazzaro Spallanzani, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: antonino.dicaro@inmi.it.
¹³ National Institute for Infectious Diseases, Lazzaro Spallanzani, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: maria.capobianchi@inmi.it.
¹⁴ District Public Health Department, Siegburg, Germany. Electronic address: meilicke-meckenheim@t-online.de.
¹⁵ Institute for Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Aarhus, Denmark; European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases [ESCMID] Task Force for Emerging Infections, Basel, Switzerland. Electronic address: eskild.petersen@gmail.com.
¹⁶ Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, London, UK; NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, University College London Hospitals, London, UK. Electronic address: a.zumla@ucl.ac.uk.
¹⁷ Department of Tropical and Infectious Diseases, Medical Center of the University of Munich, Munich, Germany. Electronic address: michel.pletschette@lrz.uni-muenchen.de.

PMID: 33152511
PMCID: PMC9186783
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.10.094

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