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Biomedical Research/organization & administration , COVID-19/prevention & control , Communicable Disease Control/organization & administration , Public Health Practice , Vaccine Efficacy , COVID-19/diagnosis , COVID-19 Serological Testing , COVID-19 Vaccines , Communicable Disease Control/methods , Data Systems , Government Regulation , Health Policy/legislation & jurisprudence , Humans , Immunization, Secondary , Public Health Administration/legislation & jurisprudence , Public Health Administration/standards , United States , Vaccination/statistics & numerical dataSubject(s)
Public Health Administration , Public Health Practice , United States Public Health Service/organization & administration , Accreditation , Federal Government , Health Policy , Health Workforce/statistics & numerical data , Local Government , Public Health Administration/standards , State Government , United StatesABSTRACT
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed cracks in the nation's public health infrastructure.
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COVID-19 , Public Health Administration/economics , Public Health Administration/standards , Budgets , Humans , United States/epidemiology , WorkforceABSTRACT
Fourteen months into the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, we identify key lessons in the global and national responses to the pandemic. The World Health Organization has played a pivotal technical, normative and coordinating role, but has been constrained by its lack of authority over sovereign member states. Many governments also mistakenly attempted to manage COVID-19 like influenza, resulting in repeated lockdowns, high excess morbidity and mortality, and poor economic recovery. Despite the incredible speed of the development and approval of effective and safe vaccines, the emergence of new SARS-CoV-2 variants means that all countries will have to rely on a globally coordinated public health effort for several years to defeat this pandemic.
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COVID-19/epidemiology , Communicable Disease Control , Global Health , Communicable Disease Control/methods , Communicable Disease Control/organization & administration , Communicable Disease Control/trends , Global Health/history , Global Health/trends , Government , History, 21st Century , Humans , Pandemics/history , Public Health/history , Public Health/methods , Public Health/trends , Public Health Administration/methods , Public Health Administration/standards , Public Health Administration/trends , SARS-CoV-2/physiologyABSTRACT
The present article details the publication process and the vicissitudes of three articles about SARS-CoV-2 and its related disease (COVID-19). The three articles were published one month apart between March and May 2020. Their mediatization led French health authorities to intervene. Our article does not focus on and does not assess the scientific quality of the articles presented, but only aims to open the reflection on medical publication. Beyond the description of these three specific cases, this article raises issues about article retraction, peer-reviewing, preprints, authorship and the dissemination of scientific medical information, including through the mass media. It discusses new publishing modes and the dissemination of published information in clinical research.
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COVID-19 , Communications Media , Information Dissemination , Public Opinion , Publishing , COVID-19/epidemiology , Data Accuracy , Decision Making , France/epidemiology , Humans , Public Health Administration/standards , Publications/standards , Publications/statistics & numerical data , Publishing/standards , Publishing/statistics & numerical data , SARS-CoV-2/physiologySubject(s)
Coronavirus Infections/prevention & control , Information Dissemination/methods , Public Health Administration/standards , Public Health Practice/standards , Biomedical Research/standards , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S./standards , Communication , Coronavirus Infections/epidemiology , Federal Government , Humans , State Government , United StatesABSTRACT
Closed points of dispensing (PODs) are an essential component of local public health preparedness programs because most local public health agencies lack the infrastructure to distribute medical countermeasures to all community members in a short period of time through open PODs alone. However, no study has examined closed POD recruitment strategies or approaches to determine best practices, such as how to select or recruit an agency, group, or business to become a closed POD site once a potential partner has been identified. We conducted qualitative interviews with US disaster planners to identify their approaches and challenges to recruiting closed POD sites. In total, 16 disaster planners participated. Recruitment considerations related to selecting sites, paperwork needed, and challenges faced in recruiting closed POD sites. Important selection criteria for sites included size, agencies or businesses with vulnerable or confined populations who lack access or ability to get to or through open POD sites, and critical infrastructure organizations. Major challenges to recruitment included difficulty convincing sites of closed POD importance, obstacles with recruiting sites that can administer mass vaccination, and fear of legal repercussions related to medical countermeasure dispensing or administration. Closed POD recruitment is a frequently challenging but highly necessary process both before and during the current pandemic. These recommendations can be used by other disaster planners intending to start or expand their closed POD network. Public health agencies should continue working toward improved distribution plans for medical countermeasures, both oral and vaccine, to minimize morbidity and mortality during mass casualty events.
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Civil Defense/organization & administration , Disaster Planning/organization & administration , Emergency Responders/statistics & numerical data , Public Health Administration/standards , Bioterrorism/prevention & control , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. , Geography, Medical , Humans , Pandemics/prevention & control , Qualitative Research , United StatesSubject(s)
COVID-19/ethnology , Emigrants and Immigrants/statistics & numerical data , Ethnicity/statistics & numerical data , Healthcare Disparities , Minority Groups/statistics & numerical data , Patient Advocacy , Bias , COVID-19/mortality , COVID-19/pathology , Confidentiality/legislation & jurisprudence , France/epidemiology , Health Status Disparities , Healthcare Disparities/ethnology , Healthcare Disparities/legislation & jurisprudence , Healthcare Disparities/statistics & numerical data , Humans , Morbidity , Mortality/ethnology , Pandemics , Patient Advocacy/legislation & jurisprudence , Public Health Administration/legislation & jurisprudence , Public Health Administration/standards , Public Health Administration/trends , SARS-CoV-2Subject(s)
COVID-19/epidemiology , COVID-19/prevention & control , Infection Control/organization & administration , Models, Organizational , Pandemics , COVID-19/transmission , Community Networks/organization & administration , Community Networks/standards , Delivery of Health Care/methods , Delivery of Health Care/organization & administration , Disease Outbreaks/prevention & control , Food Assistance/organization & administration , Food Assistance/standards , Humans , India/epidemiology , Infection Control/methods , Psychosocial Support Systems , Public Health Administration/methods , Public Health Administration/standards , SARS-CoV-2/physiology , Transients and MigrantsSubject(s)
COVID-19/epidemiology , Health Policy , Public Health Administration/legislation & jurisprudence , Aged, 80 and over , Bereavement , COVID-19/therapy , Family , Fatal Outcome , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Pandemics , Public Health Administration/standards , SARS-CoV-2 , Self-Help Groups , United Kingdom/epidemiology , Young AdultSubject(s)
COVID-19/epidemiology , Pandemics , Biomedical Research/organization & administration , Biomedical Research/standards , COVID-19/therapy , Civil Defense/organization & administration , Civil Defense/standards , Civil Defense/trends , Clinical Trials as Topic/organization & administration , Clinical Trials as Topic/standards , Cross Infection/epidemiology , Cross Infection/prevention & control , Delivery of Health Care/organization & administration , Delivery of Health Care/standards , Drug Development/organization & administration , Drug Development/standards , Europe/epidemiology , France/epidemiology , Humans , Infectious Disease Medicine/organization & administration , Infectious Disease Medicine/standards , Infectious Disease Medicine/trends , International Cooperation , Public Health Administration/standards , Publications/statistics & numerical data , SARS-CoV-2/physiologySubject(s)
COVID-19/epidemiology , Civil Defense , Forecasting , Pandemics , Civil Defense/methods , Civil Defense/organization & administration , Civil Defense/standards , Disease Outbreaks/prevention & control , Disease Outbreaks/statistics & numerical data , Expert Testimony/standards , Forecasting/methods , Health Occupations/standards , Health Occupations/statistics & numerical data , Health Occupations/trends , Hospital Bed Capacity/standards , Humans , Pandemics/prevention & control , Public Health Administration/methods , Public Health Administration/standards , SARS-CoV-2/physiology , United Kingdom/epidemiology , United States/epidemiologyABSTRACT
"Plantation politics" pervade multiple institutions in the United States, including public health. Drawing from my experience working as a volunteer at drive-thru COVID testing sites in the United States, I critically examine the relationship between public health, the military, and capitalism when racial slavery serves as the sociopolitical backdrop of everyday life. I ponder what it means for Black people to toil for a country, in the midst of an emergent communicable disease outbreak, that would weeks later launch into protests for and debates about their entitlements to freedom, safety, and security. Starting from experiences of Black women on the frontlines, I reveal complexities that underlie and undermine notions of care as altruistic, natural, or ethical "in the wake" of chattel slavery and in the midst of racial capitalism.
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Black or African American , COVID-19/epidemiology , Communicable Disease Control , Politics , Public Health Administration/standards , SARS-CoV-2 , Anthropology, Medical , Enslavement , Humans , United States/epidemiology , VolunteersABSTRACT
The 2019 coronavirus (COVID-19), also known as SARS-CoV-2, is highly pathogenic and virulent, and it spreads very quickly through human-to-human contact. In response to the growing number of cases, governments across the spectrum of affected countries have adopted different strategies in implementing control measures, in a hope to reduce the number of new cases. However, 5 months after the first confirmed case, countries like the United States of America (US) seems to be heading towards a trajectory that indicates a health care crisis. This is in stark contrast to the downward trajectory in Europe, China, and elsewhere in Asia, where the number of new cases has seen a decline ahead of an anticipated second wave. A data-driven approach reveals three key strategies in tackling COVID-19. Our work here has definitively evaluated these strategies and serves as a warning to the US, and more importantly, a guide for tackling future pandemics. Also see the video abstract here https://youtu.be/gPkCi2_7tWo.