Investing in pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response
Year: 2026
Type: review
Abstract: If resources for public health and decision makers are limited, what are the highest-priority investments they can make? Drawing on the Disease Control Priorities report on pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response, in this Viewpoint we summarise our reflections and recommendations for the next decade in public health and focus on the highest return actions for pandemic preparedness, prevention, and response that countries can take to protect themselves and others. We identified 85 feasible national-level and local-level actions, categorising 40 of them as high-priority investments. At regional and global levels, we identified and recommend 33 high-priority actions. These investments could have pay-offs substantially exceeding their cost. Ensuring adequate funding will require countries to contribute according to their fiscal capacity, with some countries requiring external support. Importantly, financing response to an outbreak should be timely and therefore prearranged.
Source: The Lancet Public Health
Authors: Ole F Norheim, Siddhanth Sharma, Olaolu M Aderinola, Puspanjali Adhikari, Patrick Amoth, Till Bärnighausen, Stefano M Bertozzi, David E Bloom, Donald A P Bundy, Lúcia Chambal, Simiao Chen, Sarrin Chethik, Victoria Y Fan, Maddalena Ferranna, Rachel Glennerster, Chikwe Ihekweazu, Julian Jamison, Sun Kim, Magnus Lindelow, Nita K Madhav, Jonna Mazet, Ben Oppenheim, Geoffrey Otim, Muhammad A Pate, Govind Persad, Sebastian Quaade, John Rose, Gabriel Seidman, Christopher M Snyder, David A Watkins, Bridget Williams, Dean T Jamison, Hitoshi Oshitani
Institutions: Harvard University, University of Bergen, Burnet Institute, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Kathmandu University, Ministry of Health, Heidelberg University, Africa Health Research Institute, Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, University of California, Berkeley, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo Central Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Center for Global Development, World Bank Group, University of Southern California, University of Chicago, World Health Organization, University of Exeter, University of Oxford, Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc. (United States), University of California, Davis, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado System, University of California, San Francisco, University of California System, UCSF Institute for Global Health Sciences, Ellison Institute of Technology, Dartmouth College, University of Washington, Tohoku University
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $6,680
OpenAlex ID: W7223029936