Open AccessAre we prepared? Lessons from Covid-19 and OMAG position paper on epidemic preparedness
Author(s) -
Sunil Kumar Raina,
Raman Kumar,
Sagar Galwankar,
Suneela Garg,
Ramesh R. Bhatt,
A C Dhariwal,
DJ Christopher,
Bakul Jayant Parekh,
S Vimal Krishnan,
Praveen Aggarwal,
Ishwar Gilada,
Udhay Bodhankar
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_384_20
Subject(s) - preparedness , globe , medicine , covid-19 , pandemic , neglect , public relations , economic growth , global health , public health , political science , virology , disease , nursing , law , infectious disease (medical specialty) , outbreak , economics , ophthalmology , pathology
Covid-19 has once again brought into focus our limited preparedness to deal with epidemics. Most nations, across the globe, have responded with a resolve to come stronger out of this crisis and leaderships across the world have shown great commitment to protecting its people from Covid-19. Covid-19 has also taught us a few things for the future. One such learning has been that a strong shift in focus towards non-communicable diseases driving health infrastructure across the globe for the last few decades has come at neglect of communicable diseases. In that sense, therefore, the current pandemic has been a wake-up call. Organised Medicine Academic Guild (OMAG), an umbrella organization of professional associations gathered a group of health experts to develop a policy document on epidemic preparedness to limit the influence of epidemics like Covid-19.