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Wisely seeking knowledge

 

In pandemic process improvement, a primary focus is clearly financial resource. We have to learn from our financial missteps now, now during the next outbreak of a novel strain. We may choose to wisely seek this knowledge in preparation for the next pandemic by asking:

 

        * What is the current gap in funding to sustain global WHO emerging infectious disease operations for the next decade? How do we fund this and circumvent geopolitics in regional offices?

 

        * What private-public partnerships can be secured for rapid funding response in subsequent outbreak management?

 

        * Is there a map, grid or other organized way to understand each country's planned allocation for their own, and would this assist in identifying gaps upfront for the next pandemic? 

 

        * Is there a mathematical model or recommended percentage of available funds for countries, by payer system, that could be published as part of funding guidance in pandemic preparedness?

 

Countries who do not plan well, respond well or shape optimal health delivery are not only wasteful to  citizens; these countries waste potential international support as well. How can we support and encourage best healthcare delivery systems for countries?

 

When there is push back around funding to international health bodies, supportive response around a country's opportunities in health delivery go a long way.

 

Countries who have failed pandemic response efforts, with poor cost sharing for individuals affected by preventable communicable disease, should held accountable through metrics.

 

        * High income country comparisons in cost-sharing, access, billing, financial hardship, hospital write offs and insurance carrier burden would be beneficial. This should be accomplished by a global health entity, a part of global world health oversight.

 

        * Countries who have social structure in place for affordable or public care could be compared in financial breakdowns. This should be part of global world health oversight.

 

In being accountable to poor cost savings, poor financial models and waste through disorganized health delivery, high income countries can practice what they preach in improvement. Therefore, when governments incentivize financial donation to global health, governments can do so without double standards.

 

Global health can support this through country comparisons, and global health will have addressed individual countries' acknowledgement of their most pressing opportunities: finance and healthcare delivery.

 

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