Covid-19 preparedness and response: Implications for future pandemics

A collection provided by the BMJ comprises analyses of 28 country responses to covid-19. It aims to provide policymakers with a road map to prepare for the next health threat, including whole-of-society approaches, treating pandemic tools as a global commons, and ensuring equity.

SPS commentary:

9 articles and an editorial comprise this collection, covering topics such as redesigning vaccine therapeutics, strengthening public health responses and reviewing the uncertainties at the beginning of this pandemic.

British Medical Journal

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Editorial - Ending this pandemic and securing the future

Resetting international systems for pandemic preparedness and response

From response to transformation: how countries can strengthen national pandemic preparedness and response systems

Aggressive containment, suppression, and mitigation of covid-19: lessons learnt from eight countries

Strengthening the basics: public health responses to prevent the next pandemic

Vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics for covid-19: redesigning systems to improve pandemic response

Investing in trust and community resilience: lessons from the early months of the first digital pandemic

Assessing the role of qualitative factors in pandemic responses

From dichotomisation towards intersectionality in addressing covid-19

National responses to covid-19: drivers, complexities, and uncertainties in the first year of the pandemic