학술논문
WHO's Investigations and Studies, Unity Studies: A global initiative creating equitable opportunities for enhanced surveillance, operational research, capacity building, and global knowledge sharing.
Document Type
Article
Author
Bergeri, Isabel; Boddington, Nicki L.; Lewis, Hannah C.; Subissi, Lorenzo; von Dobschuetz, Sophie; Rodriguez, Angel; Jara, Jorge; El Naja, Hala Abou; Barakat, Amal; Rashidian, Arash; Aly, Eman Abdelkreem; Al Ariqi, Lubna; Wijesinghe, Pushpa; Inbanathan, Francis; Nguyen, Phuong Nam; Phengxay, Manilay; Le, Linh‐Vi; Enebish, Temuulen; Okeibunor, Joseph; Herring, Belinda
Source
Subject
*CAPACITY building
*COVID-19 pandemic
*OPERATIONS research
*INFORMATION sharing
*PANDEMIC preparedness
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ISSN
1750-2640
Abstract
The World Health Organization's Unity Studies global initiative provides a generic preparedness and readiness framework for conducting detailed investigations and epidemiological studies critical for the early and ongoing assessment of emerging respiratory pathogens of pandemic potential. During the COVID‐19 pandemic, the initiative produced standardized investigation protocols and supported Member States to generate robust and comparable data to inform public health decision making. The subsequent iteration of the initiative is being implemented to develop revised and new investigation protocols, implementation toolkits and work to build a sustainable global network of sites, enabling the global community to be better prepared for the next emerging respiratory pathogen with epidemic or pandemic potential. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]