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HomeImproving pandemic preparedness and management
Lessons learned and ways forward : independent expert report
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Epidemics and pandemics have shaped human history and will continue to do so. The COVID-19 crisis has shown that there is need to understand how Europe can ensure better management of and preparedness for them. This joint advice builds on lessons learned from the current and from previous pandemics. It analyses their complexity, drawing on insights from research and scholarship and taking European values and respect for fundamental rights as critical orientation. It is developed jointly by the European Commission’s independent Group of Chief Scientific Advisors, the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies (EGE) and Peter Piot, Special Advisor to the President of the European Commission on the response to COVID-19. Their recommendations include strengthened European and global solidarity and coordination in governance, research and community efforts to improve pandemic preparedness and management. This should address all aspects and causes of pandemics in their complex interplay, from biomedical and health to social and environmental ones. The advice covers efforts to prevent and pre-empt future pandemics; more coordinated response structures and mechanisms; the strengthening of essential systems, including healthcare, supply chains, public health, information and education; and protecting fundamental rights and social justice.
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- Corporate author(s): Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (European Commission) , European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies (European Commission) , Group of Chief Scientific Advisors (European Commission)
- Themes: Public health
- Subject: coronavirus disease , disease prevention , epidemic , health care system , health policy , health risk , infectious disease , international cooperation , public health , report , risk management
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| ISSN | ISBN 978-92-76-22752-6 | DOI 10.2777/370440 | Catalogue number KI-02-20-819-EN-N |
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| ISSN | ISBN 978-92-76-22751-9 | DOI 10.2777/977785 | Catalogue number KI-02-20-819-EN-C |
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