Leveraging a Preexisting Global Infectious Disease Network for Local Decision Making During a Pandemic.

ABSTRACT: Emerging infectious disease epidemics require a rapid response from health systems; however, evidence-based consensus guidelines are generally absent early in the course of events. Formed in 2017 by 5 high-level isolation units spanning 3 continents, the experience of the Global Infectious Disease Preparedness Network (GIDPN) early in the course of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) provides a model for accelerating best practice development and improving decision-making in health emergencies. The network served as a platform for real-time, open and transparent information-sharing during unknowns of an active outbreak by clinicians caring for patients, by researchers conducting clinical trials and transmission and infection prevention studies, and by teams advising local and national poli

SUBMITTER: Herstein JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8406886 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature