Coordinating funding in public health emergencies

Line Matthiessen,Walter Colli,Jean-François Delfraissy,Eung-Soo Hwang,Jeffrey Mphahlele,Marc Ouellette

 on behalf of GloPID-R members listed in the appendix

 

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30604-3

In an increasingly globalised world, an infectious disease can travel to the other side of the globe before symptoms manifest,

yet setting up an effective research response can take months. This delay can cost lives. To save valuable time, we must improve

coordination of global research efforts in preparedness of and response to public health emergencies.