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Peter Lewis-Hughes1, Peter Brooks2
1Formally of: Queensland Health Pathology and Scientific Services, Qld, Australia.
Abstract:
As we review health governance during the COVID-19 pandemic, we have an opportunity to reflect on these processes and ensure that future challenges might be managed in a more collaborative and whole of system response. This 'Perspective' reviews COVID-19 responses in Australia, reflects on a number of potential solutions that have been developed by organisations over the past two decades and proffers a governance framework for a Communicable Disease and Pandemic Management Authority that might assist health responses to future challenges.
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