Health security capacities in the context of COVID-19 outbreak: an analysis of International Health Regulations annual report data from 182 countries

The Lancet

Volumn 395, Issue 10229, 2020, Pages 1047-1053

  Kandel, Nirmal ^a   Chungong, Stella ^a   Omaar, Abbas ^a   Xing, Jun ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SECURITY CAPACITY; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATION; PANDEMIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC REPORTING (HEALTH CARE); SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; BETACORONAVIRUS; CAPACITY BUILDING; CIVIL DEFENSE; EPIDEMIC; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGE CAPACITY; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

BETACORONAVIRUS; CAPACITY BUILDING; CIVIL DEFENSE; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GLOBAL HEALTH; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; PANDEMICS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECURITY MEASURES; SURGE CAPACITY;

EID: 85082199073     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30553-5     Document Type: Article

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