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Resetting international systems for pandemic preparedness and response

Resetting international systems for pandemic preparedness and response

Sudhvir Singh and colleagues summarise the recommendations of the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response to try to prevent future pandemics

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The BMJ appeal 2021-22: MSF is working to ensure the people of Afghanistan have access to healthcare

The BMJ’s annual appeal is this year supporting the work of Médecins Sans Frontières in Afghanistan

feature | Dec 1

The BMJ appeal 2021-22: MSF is working to ensure the people of Afghanistan have access to healthcare

The BMJ’s annual appeal is this year supporting the work of Médecins Sans Frontières in Afghanistan

feature

Dec 1

Please tell me what the long term effects might be

Ali Gilroy explains what it was like to be diagnosed with intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy, and how discovering the long term effects was unexpected

practice | Dec 1

Please tell me what the long term effects might be

Ali Gilroy explains what it was like to be diagnosed with intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy, and how discovering the long term effects was unexpected

practice

Dec 1

Options for a Global Pandemic Treaty

Covid-19 has affected each and every one of us. We must seize the opportunity to get global preparedness and response in order. Read this new collection on options for a Global Pandemic Treaty

Nov 30

Options for a Global Pandemic Treaty

Covid-19 has affected each and every one of us. We must seize the opportunity to get global preparedness and response in order. Read this new collection on options for a Global Pandemic Treaty

Nov 30

Elective care backlog could rise to 12 million patients by 2025, warns watchdog

news | Dec 1

Aducanumab: 4 in 10 high dose trial participants experienced brain swelling or bleeding

news | Dec 1

St John Ambulance volunteers prepare to boost capacity in ambulance trusts

news | Dec 1

Covid-19: Poorly controlled asthma increases risk of hospital admission among children sixfold, finds study

news | Dec 1

The UK government’s migration policy plans will only cause more suffering and death

opinion | Nov 30

Putting patients first in medicines regulation?

editorial | Nov 30

Latest articles

The factors in favour of starting negotiations on a pandemics treaty are similar to those that triggered the successful negotiation of key environmental agreements, Katharina Kummer Peiry reports

analysis

Nov 26

The world must act now to be prepared for future health emergencies

Thirty three ministers of health from around the world call for a new global agreement on pandemic preparedness and response

opinion

Nov 23

What is the missing ingredient in global pandemic preparedness and response?

opinion | Nov 28

Can geopolitics derail the pandemic treaty?

analysis | Nov 26

Unless we address the inequity in global health, the world will not be prepared for the next pandemic

opinion | Nov 19

Creating a new global treaty to minimise future pandemic risks

opinion | Nov 12

Covid-19 preparedness and response: implications for future pandemics

Ending this pandemic and securing the future

Pandemics are not ended by a magic bullet, but by a combination of essential measures. The world cannot afford to wait another six months to begin delivering on vital reforms which could make covid-19 the world’s last pandemic

editorial

Nov 29

Strengthening the basics: public health responses to prevent the next pandemic

Victoria Haldane and colleagues argue that to make covid-19 the last pandemic, public health responses to outbreaks must be strengthened, starting with their most basic functions

analysis

Nov 29

National responses to covid-19: drivers, complexities, and uncertainties in the first year of the pandemic

analysis | Nov 29

Vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics for covid-19: redesigning systems to improve pandemic response

analysis | Nov 29

Investing in trust and community resilience: lessons from the early months of the first digital pandemic

analysis | Nov 29

Assessing the role of qualitative factors in pandemic responses

analysis | Nov 29