TY - JOUR
T1 - Opportunities and Challenges for Regional Coordination of Infectious Disease Control
T2 - Comment on “Operationalising Regional Cooperation for Infectious Disease Control: A Scoping Review of Regional Disease Control Bodies and Networks”
AU - Standley, Claire J.
AU - Sorrell, Erin M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, Kerman University of Medical Sciences. All rights reserved.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - This commentary cites a scoping review by Durrance-Bagale et al on how regional bodies have approached infectious disease control to determine if those lessons could be applied to assist the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The author’s work is timely and highlights the importance of recognizing and understanding regional context, governance and operational structures to then design effective regional networks. Most factors highlighted as enablers and constraints are quite expected, including stakeholder mapping, a clear mission space with goals and objectives, outreach and advocacy to receive buy-in, political will and sustainable funding. We suggest below that there is an opportunity for further systematic and operational research of enablers and constraints for regional infectious disease control bodies, one that expands on infectious disease control while also continuing to take into account governance, legislative and organizational factors, and strongly emphasizes the development and application of clear metrics to create better measures of impact.
AB - This commentary cites a scoping review by Durrance-Bagale et al on how regional bodies have approached infectious disease control to determine if those lessons could be applied to assist the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The author’s work is timely and highlights the importance of recognizing and understanding regional context, governance and operational structures to then design effective regional networks. Most factors highlighted as enablers and constraints are quite expected, including stakeholder mapping, a clear mission space with goals and objectives, outreach and advocacy to receive buy-in, political will and sustainable funding. We suggest below that there is an opportunity for further systematic and operational research of enablers and constraints for regional infectious disease control bodies, one that expands on infectious disease control while also continuing to take into account governance, legislative and organizational factors, and strongly emphasizes the development and application of clear metrics to create better measures of impact.
KW - Disease Control
KW - Infectious Disease Networks
KW - Scoping Review
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U2 - 10.34172/ijhpm.2022.7533
DO - 10.34172/ijhpm.2022.7533
M3 - Article
C2 - 37579350
AN - SCOPUS:85145450201
SN - 2322-5939
VL - 11
SP - 3145
EP - 3147
JO - International Journal of Health Policy and Management
JF - International Journal of Health Policy and Management
IS - 12
ER -