Are Primary Health Prepared to Respond to Infectious Threats? A Tabletop Exercise

Miguel Arcanjo Teixeira; Maria Santos; Maria Margarida Paixão

doi:10.20344/amp.23612

Are Primary Health Prepared to Respond to Infectious Threats? A Tabletop Exercise

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Miguel Arcanjo Teixeira Co-first author. Unidade de Saúde Pública Francisco George. Unidade Local de Saúde Santa Maria. Lisbon.
Maria Santos Co-first author. Unidade de Saúde Pública Francisco George. Unidade Local de Saúde Santa Maria. Lisbon. https://orcid.org/0009-0009-1628-5999
Maria Margarida Paixão Unidade de Saúde Pública Francisco George. Unidade Local de Saúde Santa Maria. Lisbon. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2265-158X

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https://doi.org/10.20344/amp.23612

Keywords:

Health Planning, Influenza A Virus, H5N1 Subtype, Marburg Virus Disease, Measles, Primary Health Care, Simulation Training

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Dhagat P, Coan J, Ganguly A, Puetz C, Silvestri D, Madad S. Enhancing healthcare preparedness: lessons from a tabletop exercise on highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). Trop Med Infect Dis. 2025;10:47.

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2026-01-08

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Arcanjo Teixeira M, Santos M, Paixão MM. Are Primary Health Prepared to Respond to Infectious Threats? A Tabletop Exercise. Acta Med Port [Internet]. 2026 Jan. 8 [cited 2026 Jan. 12];. Available from: https://actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/view/23612

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