COVID-19 revisited – is a national pandemic plan possible?
Peter Lewis-Hughes A and Peter Brooks
B *
A Formally of: Queensland Health Pathology and Scientific Services, Qld, Australia.
B Centre for Health Policy, School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic., Australia.
Australian Health Review 46(4) 450-452 https://doi.org/10.1071/AH22158
Submitted: 27 June 2022 Accepted: 27 June 2022 Published: 26 July 2022
© 2022 The Author(s) (or their employer(s)). Published by CSIRO Publishing on behalf of AHHA. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY).
Abstract
As we review health governance during the COVID-19 pandemic, we have an opportunity to reflect on these processes and ensure that future challenges might be managed in a more collaborative and whole of system response. This ‘Perspective’ reviews COVID-19 responses in Australia, reflects on a number of potential solutions that have been developed by organisations over the past two decades and proffers a governance framework for a Communicable Disease and Pandemic Management Authority that might assist health responses to future challenges.
Keywords: CDC framework, coordination of health responses, COVID-19 responses, national frameworks for disease control, pandemic governance solutions.
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