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ReviewHealth policy (Amsterdam, Netherlands)2022

Drawing light from the pandemic: Rethinking strategies for health policy and beyond.

Rebecca Forman, Natasha Azzopardi-Muscat, Victoria Kirkby, Suszy Lessof, Naomi Limaro Nathan, Gabriele Pastorino, Govin Permanand, May Ci van Schalkwyk, Aleksandra Torbica, Reinhard Busse and 3 more

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Review in Health policy (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Relevance of Management Science in the One Health Paradigm.The International journal of health planning and management · 2026
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  2. The attributes of public health leadership.European journal of public health · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Rebecca FormanLondon School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom.
Natasha Azzopardi-MuscatWorld Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, Denmark.
Victoria KirkbyLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom.
Suszy LessofEuropean Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, Belgium.
Naomi Limaro NathanWorld Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, Denmark.
Gabriele PastorinoWorld Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, Denmark.
Govin PermanandWorld Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, Denmark.
May Ci van SchalkwykLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom.
Aleksandra TorbicaCentre for Research on Health and Social Care Management (CERGAS), Bocconi University, Italy.
Reinhard BusseEuropean Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, Belgium; Technische Universität Berlin, Germany.
Josep FiguerasEuropean Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, Belgium.
Martin McKeeLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom; European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, Belgium.
Elias MossialosLondon School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom; European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, Belgium; Imperial College London, United Kingdom. Electronic address: e.a.mossialos@lse.ac.uk.

Funding

World Health Organization 001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic is a catastrophe. It was also preventable. The potential impacts of a novel pathogen were foreseen and for decades scientists and commentators around the world warned of the threat. Most governments and global institutions failed to heed the warnings or to pay enough attention to risks emerging at the interface of human, animal, and environmental health. We were not ready for COVID-19, and people, economies, and governments around the world have suffered as a result. We must learn from these experiences now and implement transformational changes so that we can prevent future crises, and if and when emergencies do emerge, we can respond in more timely, robust and equitable ways, and minimize immediate and longer-term impacts. In 2020-21 the Pan-European Commission on Health and Sustainable Development assessed the challenges posed by COVID-19 in the WHO European region and the lessons from the response. The Commissioners have addressed health in its entirety, analyzing the interactions between health and sustainable development and considering how other policy priorities can contribute to achieving both. The Commission's final report makes a series of policy recommendations that are evidence-informed and above all actionable. Adopting them would achieve seven key objectives and help build truly sustainable health systems and fairer societies.

Indexed as

COVID-19PandemicsGovernmentHealth PolicyHumansSARS-CoV-2

Identifiers

PMID34961678
PMCPMC8645287

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