Multi-country collaboration in responding to global infectious disease threats: lessons for Europe from the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT: Since 2005, the world has faced several public health emergencies of international concern arising from infectious disease outbreaks. Of these, the COVID-19 pandemic has had by far the greatest health and economic consequences. During these emergencies, responses taken by one country often have an impact on other countries. The implication is that coordination between countries is likely to achieve better outcomes, individually and collectively, than each country independently pursuing its own self-interest. During the COVID-19 pandemic, gaps in multilateral cooperation on research and information sharing, vaccine development and deployment, and travel policies have hampered the speed and equity of global recovery. In this Health Policy article, we explore how multilateral collaboration be

SUBMITTER: Jit M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8495250 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature