Are we prepared? Lessons from Covid-19 and OMAG position paper on epidemic preparedness.
Covid-19
OMAG
epidemic
lessons
position paper
Journal
Journal of family medicine and primary care
ISSN: 2249-4863
Titre abrégé: J Family Med Prim Care
Pays: India
ID NLM: 101610082
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
May 2020
May 2020
Historique:
received:
14
03
2020
revised:
29
03
2020
accepted:
30
03
2020
entrez:
6
8
2020
pubmed:
6
8
2020
medline:
6
8
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Covid-19 has once again brought into focus our limited preparedness to deal with epidemics. Most nations, across the globe, have responded with a resolve to come stronger out of this crisis and leaderships across the world have shown great commitment to protecting its people from Covid-19. Covid-19 has also taught us a few things for the future. One such learning has been that a strong shift in focus towards non-communicable diseases driving health infrastructure across the globe for the last few decades has come at neglect of communicable diseases. In that sense, therefore, the current pandemic has been a wake-up call. Organised Medicine Academic Guild (OMAG), an umbrella organization of professional associations gathered a group of health experts to develop a policy document on epidemic preparedness to limit the influence of epidemics like Covid-19.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32754465
doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_384_20
pii: JFMPC-9-2161
pmc: PMC7380759
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
2161-2166Commentaires et corrections
Type : ErratumIn
Informations de copyright
Copyright: © 2020 Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
There are no conflicts of interest.
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