COVID-19 — ways to improve the state preparedness for pandemia

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Introduction. Tasks are to execute a study of the preparedness of government and health systems for a pandemic to develop proposals for their modernization. The author proceeds from the hypothesis that epidemic and pandemic diseases will threaten society in the foreseeable future, and therefore it is necessary to develop preventive strategies for states to be prepared for new threats. The article summarizes the experience of government and public health in a pandemic of coronavirus infection. 

Purpose. To examine pandemic preparedness of public administration and health systems and develop proposals for their modernization. 

Material and methods. There was made an expert analysis of the problematic issues of public administration in the implementation of preventive and anti-epidemic measures using statistical materials and publications of domestic and foreign authors. The study applied information and legal databases, documents of the World Health Organization, health authorities of countries in conditions of coronavirus infection pandemic, analytical, informational, statistical methods of research. 

Results. Measures are proposed to modernize states’ preparedness for possible pandemics (epidemics) for the medium and long term. 

Conclusion. The author has proposed an algorithm for the activities of the government in preparedness to combat a pandemic (epidemic). It is necessary to introduce the principles of “double” (including epidemics) use of premises, buildings and structures and “double” (including epidemics) education of specialists in the field of veterinary medicine and biology, as well as paramedical personnel.

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Oleg V. Mitrokhin

I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University)

Author for correspondence.
Email: noemail@neicon.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6403-0423
Russian Federation

Nina A. Ermakova

I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University)

Email: noemail@neicon.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9745-4265
Russian Federation

Ekaterina I. Akimova

I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University)

Email: noemail@neicon.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4910-0868
Russian Federation

Ekaterina A. Sidorova

I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University)

Email: ekaterina_sidorovaa@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3817-4175

Assistant at the Common Hygiene Department, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), Moscow, 119435, Russian Federation.

e-mail: ekaterina_sidorovaa@mail.ru

Russian Federation

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