Table 1 Eight Keys to Comprehensive Health Protection and their Defining Features.
From: Comprehensive effective and efficient global public health surveillance
Key | Defining Features |
|---|---|
Politics | public demand; general consensus; mutual interest |
Policies | governance; stewardship; respect for human rights and data ownership; best practices |
Priorities | shared vision; acceptance of accountability; embracing strategic and system’s thinking; seeing a common way forward; finding synergy; leveraging existing strengths |
Perspectives | facility; community; district; regional; national; global |
Procedures | review global best practices; assess standard operating procedures; delineate lines of authority; establish channels of communication; intervene and re-evalaute |
Practices | assess existing workflow; evaluate effectiveness and effciency |
Preparation | training; transparency; forthrightness; one size does not fit all |
Payers | local and national governments; global programs |