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ArticleInternational journal for equity in health2025

We cannot repeat history again: a call to action to centre indigenous leadership as we prepare for the next pandemic.

Kristy Crooks, Fatima Ahmed, Eric N Liberda, Peter D Massey, Kylie Taylor, Elizabeth Harwood, Celine Sutherland, Gisele Kataquapit, Katrina Clark, Nicholas D Spence and 4 more

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Article in International journal for equity in health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Kristy CrooksPopulation Health, Hunter New England Local Health District, Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia. kristy.crooks@health.nsw.gov.au.
Fatima AhmedSchool of Occupational and Public Health, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Canada.
Eric N LiberdaSchool of Occupational and Public Health, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Canada.
Peter D MasseyPopulation Health, Hunter New England Local Health District, Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia.
Kylie TaylorPopulation Health, Hunter New England Local Health District, Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia.
Elizabeth HarwoodPopulation Health, Hunter New England Local Health District, Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia.
Celine SutherlandFort Albany First Nation, Ontario, Canada.
Gisele KataquapitFort Albany First Nation, Ontario, Canada.
Katrina ClarkPopulation Health, Hunter New England Local Health District, Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia.
Nicholas D SpenceDepartment of Sociology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Robert J MoriaritySchool of Occupational and Public Health, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Canada.
Hannah BriggsPopulation Health, Hunter New England Local Health District, Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia.
Leonard J S TsujiDepartment of Health and Society, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Nadia A CharaniaDepartment of Public Health, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand.

Funding

CIHR FRN 179413
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Indigenous communities worldwide continue to disproportionately bear the burden during pandemics due to ongoing health inequities and systemic exclusion from pandemic decision-making processes. As the global community prepares for the next pandemic, it is critical to prioritise Indigenous leadership and governance within public health responses. This commentary highlights successful models of Indigenous-led pandemic responses during COVID-19 in Canada and Australia. It introduces the EPIC (Equity, Partnerships, Intelligences, and Change) framework, that emphasises equity, leadership and local and cultural intelligence as critical components to improve pandemic preparedness and response for Indigenous communities. This international collaboration calls on governments and health authorities to uphold Indigenous sovereignty, self-determination, and leadership in pandemic planning and response efforts.

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COVID-19Health Services, IndigenousLeadershipPandemicsAustraliaCanadaHumansSARS-CoV-2

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PMID39844186
PMCPMC11755806

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