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Comment
. 2023 Jan 28;401(10373):265-266.
doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)02489-8. Epub 2023 Jan 13.

COVID-19 and other pandemics require a coherent response strategy

Michael G Baker  1 , David Durrheim  2 , Li Yang Hsu  3 , Nick Wilson  4
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COVID-19 and other pandemics require a coherent response strategy

Michael G Baker et al. Lancet. .
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Major strategic choices for managing an emerging infectious disease with pandemic and public health emergency of international concern potential Eradication requires additional decision making beyond an initial pandemic response, so its link to elimination is marked with a dotted line. Adapted from Baker et al.
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  • The Lancet Commission on lessons for the future from the COVID-19 pandemic.
    Sachs JD, Karim SSA, Aknin L, Allen J, Brosbøl K, Colombo F, Barron GC, Espinosa MF, Gaspar V, Gaviria A, Haines A, Hotez PJ, Koundouri P, Bascuñán FL, Lee JK, Pate MA, Ramos G, Reddy KS, Serageldin I, Thwaites J, Vike-Freiberga V, Wang C, Were MK, Xue L, Bahadur C, Bottazzi ME, Bullen C, Laryea-Adjei G, Ben Amor Y, Karadag O, Lafortune G, Torres E, Barredo L, Bartels JGE, Joshi N, Hellard M, Huynh UK, Khandelwal S, Lazarus JV, Michie S. Sachs JD, et al. Lancet. 2022 Oct 8;400(10359):1224-1280. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)01585-9. Epub 2022 Sep 14. Lancet. 2022. PMID: 36115368 Free PMC article. Review. No abstract available.

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