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

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

Victoria Haldane  1 , Anne-Sophie Jung  2 , Rachel Neill  3 , Sudhvir Singh  4 , Shishi Wu  5 , Margaret Jamieson  2 , Monica Verma  6 , Melisa Tan  6 , Chuan De Foo  6 , Salma M Abdalla  4   7 , Pami Shrestha  6 , Alvin Qijia Chua  6 , Anders Nordström  4 , Helena Legido-Quigley  8   4   6
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From response to transformation: how countries can strengthen national pandemic preparedness and response systems

Victoria Haldane et al. BMJ. .

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

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: We have read and understood The BMJ policy on declaration of interests and have the following interests to declare: All authors declare no conflict of interest. The Secretariat of the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response is independent.

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The covid-19 iceberg model for pandemic preparedness and response
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