Infectious disease outbreaks pose major threats to human health and security. Countries
with robust capacities for preventing, detecting and responding to outbreaks can avert many …

Although ideas about preventive actions for pandemics have been advanced during the
COVID-19 crisis, there has been little consideration for how they can be operationalised …

COVID-19 is the most significant global crisis of any of our lifetimes. The numbers have been
stupefying, whether of infection and mortality, the scale of public health measures, or the …

Background National rates of COVID-19 infection and fatality have varied dramatically since
the onset of the pandemic. Understanding the conditions associated with this cross-country …

European states responded to the rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 with a
variety of public policy measures. In this article we ask what can account for this variation in …

Good leadership is widely regarded as a crucial component of risk and crisis management
and remains an enduring theme of more than 40 years of inquiry into emergencies …

Background Previous studies have observed that countries with the strongest levels of
pandemic preparedness capacities experience the greatest levels of COVID-19 burden …

To understand the extent to which a policy instrument's early adoption is crucial in crisis
management, we leverage unique worldwide data that record the daily evolution of policy …

The current global systemic crisis reveals how globalised societies are unprepared to face a
pandemic. Beyond the dramatic loss of human life, the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered …

Introduction The Global Health Security Index benchmarks countries' capacities to carry out
the functions necessary to prevent, detect and respond to biological threats. The COVID-19 …