Public Health Lessons for Non-Vaccine Influenza Interventions Looking Past COVID-19 (2022) / Chapter Skim
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Building on the success of the Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System and the Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Framework, the GIS focuses on developing programs at the country level and investing in health systems strengthening as a means of enhancing pandemic preparedness. Yet, the response to COVID-19 has revealed gaps and opportunities for improvement in global efforts to prepare for a major outbreak of respiratory viral disease.
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. Some interventions may be used too early or too late, delaying their impact and causing undue economic and social hardship, limiting the public health benefits, and reducing long-term public compliance and trust (Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response, 2021)
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convened a committee of domestic and international experts from across sectors (e.g., government, academia, industry, civil society, international public health organizations) and a variety of disciplines to provide an iterative process informed by experts for analyzing the impact that lessons learned during COVID-19, in particular with regard to the technologies, policies, and processes developed worldwide, could have on pandemic and seasonal influenza global preparedness and response.
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Appendix A provides the biographies of the committee members and the staff who put together the report. BOX 1-1 Statement of Task An ad hoc committee under the auspices of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will examine the preparedness for and response to prior influenza pandemics and COVID-19 for lessons learned on the efficacy and implementation of non-vaccine public health interventions and countermeasures for implications for future influenza events.
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This study offers evidence from select sources; it is not intended to provide a comprehensive or systematic review of all available evidence or the many subtopics related to the points within the Statement of Task. The committee chose to prioritize the topics presented in the following chapters and predominantly focused on drawing lessons for future pandemics rather than seasonal events.
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Given the challenge with defining what would qualify as an innovative approach and the dearth of evidence on the effectiveness of innovations, the committee focused on ways to strengthen core surveillance systems with consideration of innovative approaches, while not allowing such attention to detract from its primary focus. The committee considered both the level and strength of the evidence to provide specific recommendations on measures that could be used most effectively on a global scale and those with potential effectiveness but a lack of sufficient research or data.
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2020–2030. Public Health Emergency.
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Frontiers in Public Health 9:628479. Sullivan, S
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