A Health Intelligence Framework for Pandemic Response: Lessons from the UK Experience of COVID-19

Gemma Bowsher; Rose Bernard; Richard Sullivan

doi:10.1089/hs.2020.0108

A Health Intelligence Framework for Pandemic Response: Lessons from the UK Experience of COVID-19

Gemma Bowsher^*, Rose Bernard, Richard Sullivan

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Abstract

The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has exposed critical failures in global public policy preparedness and response. Despite over a decade of exposure to other epidemics and pandemics, many, if not most, nation states have failed to integrate lessons learned into their pandemic preparedness and response plans. The United Kingdom's response to COVID-19 is an archetype of how the pandemic has overwhelmed traditional public health-led approaches. In this paper, we explore the UK experience and propose that pandemics constitute multivector threats meriting attention within a health intelligence framework. They employ the processes of information management used by the intelligence sector to illustrate a procedural matrix for guiding public policy during complex health security events.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	435-443
Number of pages	9
Journal	Health Security
Volume	18
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1089/hs.2020.0108
Publication status	Published - Dec 2020

Keywords

COVID-19
Health intelligence
International coordination
Pandemics
Public health preparedness

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