Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12188/24383
Title: A multinational Delphi consensus to end the COVID-19 public health threat
Authors: Lazarus, Jeffrey V
Romero, Diana
Kopka, Christopher J
Karim, Salim Abdool
Abu-Raddad, Laith J
Almeida, Gisele
Baptista-Leite, Ricardo
Barocas, Joshua A
Barreto, Mauricio L
Bar-Yam, Yaneer
Bassat, Quique
Batista, Carolina
Bazilian, Morgan
Chiou, Shu-Ti
Del Rio, Carlos
Dore, Gregory J
Gao, George F
Gostin, Lawrence O
Hellard, Margaret
Jimenez, Jose L
Kang, Gagandeep
Lee, Nancy
Matičič, Mojca
McKee, Martin
Nsanzimana, Sabin
Oliu-Barton, Miquel
Pradelski, Bary
Pyzik, Oksana
Rabin, Kenneth
Raina, Sunil
Rashid, Sabina Faiz
Rathe, Magdalena
Saenz, Rocio
Singh, Sudhvir
Trock-Hempler, Malene
Villapol, Sonia
Yap, Peiling
Binagwaho, Agnes
Kamarulzaman, Adeeba
El-Mohandes, Ayman & The COVID-19 Consensus Statement Panel
Nikolova, Dafina 
Issue Date: 2022
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Journal: Nature
Abstract: Despite notable scientific and medical advances, broader political, socioeconomic and behavioural factors continue to undercut the response to the COVID-19 pandemic<sup>1,2</sup>. Here we convened, as part of this Delphi study, a diverse, multidisciplinary panel of 386 academic, health, non-governmental organization, government and other experts in COVID-19 response from 112 countries and territories to recommend specific actions to end this persistent global threat to public health. The panel developed a set of 41 consensus statements and 57 recommendations to governments, health systems, industry and other key stakeholders across six domains: communication; health systems; vaccination; prevention; treatment and care; and inequities. In the wake of nearly three years of fragmented global and national responses, it is instructive to note that three of the highest-ranked recommendations call for the adoption of whole-of-society and whole-of-government approaches<sup>1</sup>, while maintaining proven prevention measures using a vaccines-plus approach<sup>2</sup> that employs a range of public health and financial support measures to complement vaccination. Other recommendations with at least 99% combined agreement advise governments and other stakeholders to improve communication, rebuild public trust and engage communities<sup>3</sup> in the management of pandemic responses. The findings of the study, which have been further endorsed by 184 organizations globally, include points of unanimous agreement, as well as six recommendations with >5% disagreement, that provide health and social policy actions to address inadequacies in the pandemic response and help to bring this public health threat to an end.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12188/24383
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05398-2
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