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ArticleEuro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin2026

Improving public health laboratory preparedness at European Union level: learning points from experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sarah Parkinson, Saoirse Moriarty, Fifi Olumogba, Katarina Pisani, Daniela Moye Holz, Daniela Rodriguez Rincon, Cyril Barbezange, Eeva K Broberg

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Article in Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin, 2026. 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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8 authors.

Sarah ParkinsonRAND Europe, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Saoirse MoriartyRAND Europe, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Fifi OlumogbaRAND Europe, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Katarina PisaniRAND Europe, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Daniela Moye HolzRAND Europe, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Daniela Rodriguez RinconRAND Europe, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Cyril BarbezangeEuropean Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm Sweden.
Eeva K BrobergEuropean Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm Sweden.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This Perspective discusses how European Union (EU)-level action could support public health laboratories in preparing for future threats from respiratory infectious diseases. It draws extensively from a study that looked at the experience of public health laboratories in EU/ European Economic Area (EEA) countries during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study included a literature review and consultation with stakeholders from public health laboratories in EU/EEA countries and from EU institutions. We discuss how to address the challenges faced by public health laboratories during the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing particularly on the role of EU institutions. The Perspective concludes by discussing the importance of improving public health laboratory preparedness for future health threats when there is no ongoing public health emergency, instead of during a health emergency.

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LaboratoriesPandemicsPublic HealthCOVID-19European UnionHumansPandemic PreparednessPublic Health InfrastructureSARS-CoV-2infectious diseaselaboratoriespandemicpreparednesspublic health

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PMID42596898
PMCPMC13476724

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