Essential public health functions: the key to resilient health systems

Neil Squires¹, Richard Garfield², Olaa Mohamed-Ahmed^{1

3}, Bjorn Gunnar Iversen⁴, Anders Tegnell⁵, Angela Fehr⁶, Jeffrey P Koplan⁷, Jean Claude Desenclos^{8

9}, Anne-Catherine Viso^{10

9}

Affiliations

¹ Global Operations, UK Health Security Agency, London, UK.
² Global Health Center, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
³ Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
⁴ Department of Infection Prevention and Preparedness, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.
⁵ Director-General Office, Folkhalsomyndigheten, Solna, Sweden.
⁶ Centre for International Health Protection, Robert Koch Institut, Berlin, Germany.
⁷ International Association of National Public Health Institutes (IANPHI) Secretariat, Emory University Emory Global Health Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
⁸ Scientific and International Department, Sante Publique France, Saint-Maurice, France jean-claude.desenclos@santepubliquefrance.fr.
⁹ International Association of National Public Health Institutes (IANPHI) Secretariat, Saint-Maurice, France.
¹⁰ Scientific and International Department, Sante Publique France, Saint-Maurice, France.

Editorial

Neil Squires et al. BMJ Glob Health. 2023 Jul.

. 2023 Jul;8(7):e013136.

doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2023-013136.

¹ Global Operations, UK Health Security Agency, London, UK.
² Global Health Center, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
³ Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
⁴ Department of Infection Prevention and Preparedness, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.
⁵ Director-General Office, Folkhalsomyndigheten, Solna, Sweden.
⁶ Centre for International Health Protection, Robert Koch Institut, Berlin, Germany.
⁷ International Association of National Public Health Institutes (IANPHI) Secretariat, Emory University Emory Global Health Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
⁸ Scientific and International Department, Sante Publique France, Saint-Maurice, France jean-claude.desenclos@santepubliquefrance.fr.
⁹ International Association of National Public Health Institutes (IANPHI) Secretariat, Saint-Maurice, France.
¹⁰ Scientific and International Department, Sante Publique France, Saint-Maurice, France.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Health systems; Public Health.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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