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Journal Article
Governance of the Covid-19 response: a call for more inclusive and transparent decision-making
2020
Overview
Correspondence to Dr Dheepa Rajan; rajand@who.int Summary box Not all countries make their Covid-19 task force membership list public—the available information varies by country. Introduction As SARS-COV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) ravages the globe, heads of state are making swift decisions to put large swathes of the world’s population under mass isolation in the race to heed off Covid-19’s lethality, particularly in certain population subgroups. [...]a physician with a current public health role would be classified as a public health specialist and not a clinician, the assumption being that their current role is most relevant for the task force. Most other task force members, including public health institute staff, were categorised according to their expertise since the rationale for their task force membership is their specific skill set (mathematical modeller, virologist, etc) rather than their institutional affiliation. Table 1 Covid-19 task forces set up to advise national governments Country Name of task force convened or activated for Covid-19 response Composition of task force by member expertise Gender distribution Argentina28 Expert Committee (El comité de expertos) 5 Government officials 2 Ministry of Health officials 6 Infectious disease specialists 1 Epidemiologist 1 Public health specialist 12 M; 3 F Belgium29 30 Scientific Committee Coronavirus (Comité scientifique Coronavirus) 3 Infectious disease specialists 1 Epidemiologist 1 Laboratory specialist 2 M; 3 F Burkina Faso31 Name unknown 1 Ministry of Health official 4 Infectious disease specialists 2 Epidemiologists 3 Public health specialists 2 Other medical specialists 1 Communication specialist 1 Private sector 4 Unknown 14 M; 5 F Chad32 Scientific Committee for Covid-19 (Comité Scientifique Covid-19) 1 Ministry of Health official 7 Infectious disease specialists 1 Epidemiologist 1 Laboratory specialist 8 Public health specialists 2 Intensive Care specialists 12 Other medical specialists 1 Pharmacist 1 Nutrition specialist 1 Lawyer 1 Socioanthropologist 1 Historian 33 M; 4 F Chile33 Advisory Board of Ministry of Health for Covid-19 (Consejo Asesor del MINSAL por Covid-19) 2 Ministry of Health officials 1 Infectious disease specialist 3 Public health specialists 1 Other medical specialist 3 M; 4 F China34 35 Central Leading Group on Responding to the Novel Coronavirus Disease Outbreak 9 Government officials 8 M; 1 F France36–39 Scientific council Covid-19 (Conseil scientifique Covid-19) 4 Infectious disease specialists 1 Epidemiologist 1 Mathematical modelling specialist 1 Intensive Care specialist 1 Other medical specialist 1 Anthropologist 1 Sociologist 8 M; 2 F Analysis, research and expertise committee (Comité analyse, recherche et expertise (CARE)) 6 Infectious disease specialists 1 Mathematical modelling specialist 2 Laboratory specialists 2 Other medical specialists 1 Anthropologist 7 M; 5 F Germany40–42 Interministerial crisis unit (Krisenstab) Government officials from six different ministries Unknown Guinea43 44 Scientific council on pandemic response to coronavirus disease (Covid-19) (Conseil scientifique de riposte contre la pandémie de la maladie à coronavirus (Covid-19)) 2 Infectious disease specialists 1 Epidemiologist 1 Laboratory specialist 3 Public health specialists 3 Pharmacists 3 Other medical specialists 1 Psychologist 1 Economist 2 Socioanthropologist 14 M; 3 F Haiti45 Scientific committee to combat coronavirus (Cellule scientifique pour lutter contre le coronavirus) 1 Ministry of Health official 2 Infectious disease specialists 1 Epidemiologist 1 Laboratory specialist 2 Public health specialists 1 Intensive Care specialist 3 Other medical specialists 1 Mental health specialist 1 Sociologist 1 Civil society 12 M; 2 F Hungary46 Coronaviral Defence Operational Staff (Koronavírus-járvány Elleni Védekezésért Felelős Operatív Törzs) 11 Government officials 3 Ministry of Health officials 1 Infectious disease specialist 14 M; 1 F Italy47–49 Operational Committee on Coronavirus for Civil Protection (Comitato operativo sul Coronavirus alla Protezione Civile) 6 Government officials 1 Ministry of Health official 7 M; 0 F Scientific Technical Committee (Comitato Tecnico Scientifico) 4 Ministry of Health officials 2 Infectious disease specialists 1 Public health specialist 7 M; 0 F Task force tech anti Covid-19 2 Government officials 2 Ministry of Health officials 2 Infectious disease specialists 5 Epidemiologists 1 Mathematician 4 Public health specialists 1 Social scientist 12 Data management specialists 4 Statisticians 1 Physicist 1 Civil engineering expert 1 Digital health expert 1 Chemist 1 Information systems expert 13 Economists 3 Computer science experts 1 Communication technology expert 3 Digital transformation experts 2 Emergency management experts 11 Lawyers 1 Unknown 56 M; 18 F Kenya50 51 National Emergency Response Committee 17 Government officials 4 Ministry of Health officials 15 M; 6 F Mali52 53 Crisis Committee (Le Comité de crise) 2 Governmental officials 2 Ministry of Health officials 1 Infectious disease specialist 2 Laboratory specialists 4 Public health specialists 1 Other medical specialist 12 M; 0 F Scientific and Technical Committee of the National Public Health Institute (Comité Scientifique et Technique de l’Institut National de Santé Publique -INSP) 5 Infectious disease specialists 1 Public health specialist 1 Other medical specialist 1 Agronomist 1 Ecologist 1 Nutritionist 9 M; 1 F Philippines54 Inter-Agency task force 2 Government officials 2 Ministry of Health officials 4 M; 0 F National task force Covid-1919 (National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council - NDRRMC) 4 Government officials 4 M; 0 F Portugal55 56 Task force Covid-19 13 Infectious disease specialists 10 Epidemiologists 12 Public health specialists 1 Intensive Care specialist 5 Other medical specialists 1 Chemist 2 Communication specialists 25 Unknown 26 M; 42 F National Public Health Council (Conselho Nacional de Saúde Pública) 2 Government officials 2 Ministry of Health Officials 5 Infectious disease specialists 1 Epidemiologist 2 Public health specialists 1 Other medical specialist 1 Pharmacist 2 Lawyers 1 Private sector 2 CSO 14 M; 6 F Singapore57 Multi-Ministry Taskforce on Wuhan Coronavirus 10 Government officials 1 Ministry of Health official 10 M; 1 F South Korea58 59 Central Disease Control Headquarters (KCDC) Led by Jung Eun-Kyeong (Director) Other members unknown 1 F, unknown Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters Led by the Prime Minister (Chung Sye-kyun) Other members unknown 1 M, unknown Central Incidence Management System for Novel Coronavirus Infection Led by Minister of Health and Welfare (Park Neung-hoo) Other members unknown 1 M, unknown Central Disaster Management Headquarters Led by Ministry of Health and Welfare (Park Neung-hoo) Other members unknown 1 M, unknown Government-wide Support Centre Led by Minister of Public Administration and Security Other members unknown 1 M, unknown Local Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters (local municipal governments nationwide) Led by the head of the local government Other members unknown Unknown Local quarantine task force (local municipal governments nationwide) Led by the head of the local government Other members unknown Unknown Spain60
Publisher
BMJ Publishing Group Ltd,BMJ Publishing Group LTD,BMJ Publishing Group
Subject
/ Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology
/ Coronavirus Infections - prevention & control
/ Councils
/ COVID-19
/ Humans
/ Pandemics - prevention & control
/ Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology
/ Pneumonia, Viral - prevention & control
/ Politics
/ Santé publique et épidémiologie
