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. 2025 May 28;10(5):e017724.
doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2024-017724.

Governance and structure of national public health agencies: a critical foundation for strengthening public health security

Lorena Guerrero-Torres  1 , Zubin Cyrus Shroff  2 , Johanna Hanefeld  3 , Vernon J Lee  4 , Sadaf Lynes  5 , Claude Muvunyi  6 , Geoffrey Namara  7 , Tajudeen Raji  8 , Alexandra Zuber  9 , Sara Hersey  7 , Kumanan Rasanathan  1 ; Members of the National Public Health Agencies Governance Learning Network
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Governance and structure of national public health agencies: a critical foundation for strengthening public health security

Lorena Guerrero-Torres et al. BMJ Glob Health. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Global Health; Public Health.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: KR, ZS and LG-T are staff members of the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research WHO. SH and GN are staff members of the WHO working at the WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence in Berlin.The Alliance for HPSR and the WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence are supporting and convening the National Public Health Agencies Governance Learning Network.

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