pandemic preparedness
pan-DEM-ik prih-PAIR-ed-nes
pænˈdɛmɪk prɪˈpɛərɪdnɪsListen
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the capacity of health systems, governments, and communities to anticipate, detect, and rapidly respond to emerging infectious disease threats of pandemic potential before they overwhelm health infrastructure; encompasses surveillance systems, stockpiling of medical countermeasures, healthcare workforce training, cross-border coordination, risk communication, and financing mechanisms; the inadequacy of global pandemic preparedness was starkly exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic and has driven major reforms in the International Health Regulations and the establishment of new pandemic treaty frameworks
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