Comment on “Assessment of the Implementation of the International Health Regulations during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Portugal as a Case Study”

Sebastian Von Schreeb; Vasco Ricoca Peixoto; Ana Firme; Mariana Ferreira; Renato Lourenço Silva; Paula Vasconcelos

doi:10.20344/amp.21985

Comment on “Assessment of the Implementation of the International Health Regulations during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Portugal as a Case Study”

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Sebastian Von Schreeb Center for Public Health Emergencies. Direção-Geral da Saúde. Lisbon; Directorate of Information and Analysis. Direção-Geral da Saúde. Lisbon; ECDC Fellowship Programme. Field Epidemiology path (EPIET). European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). Stockholm.
Vasco Ricoca Peixoto Center for Public Health Emergencies. Direção-Geral da Saúde. Lisbon.
Ana Firme Center for Public Health Emergencies. Direção-Geral da Saúde. Lisbon.
Mariana Ferreira Center for Public Health Emergencies. Direção-Geral da Saúde. Lisbon.
Renato Lourenço Silva Center for Public Health Emergencies. Direção-Geral da Saúde. Lisbon.
Paula Vasconcelos Center for Public Health Emergencies. Direção-Geral da Saúde. Lisbon.

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https://doi.org/10.20344/amp.21985

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Decision Making, Health Policy, International Health Regulations, Pandemics, Preparedness

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Vasco Ricoca Peixoto, Center for Public Health Emergencies. Direção-Geral da Saúde. Lisbon.

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Ricoca Peixoto V, Grau-Pujol B, Ourique M, Lourenço da Silva R, Ferreira M, Firme A, et al. Epidemic intelligence threat reporting profile in Portugal during the COVID-19: 2 years of decrease in reporting on non-COVID-19 threats. Port J Public Health. 2024;42:121-32.

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2024-10-01

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Von Schreeb S, Ricoca Peixoto V, Firme A, Ferreira M, Lourenço Silva R, Vasconcelos P. Comment on “Assessment of the Implementation of the International Health Regulations during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Portugal as a Case Study”. Acta Med Port [Internet]. 2024 Oct. 1 [cited 2024 Oct. 10];37(10):744-5. Available from: https://actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/view/21985

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Vol. 37 No. 10 (2024): October

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