From Uncoordinated Patchworks to a Coordinated System: MERS-CoV to COVID-19 in Korea
- Title
- From Uncoordinated Patchworks to a Coordinated System: MERS-CoV to COVID-19 in Korea
- Author
- 오성수
- Keywords
- public health emergency management; Incident Command System; MERS-CoV; COVID-19
- Issue Date
- 2020-07
- Publisher
- SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
- Citation
- AMERICAN REVIEW OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, v. 50, no. 6-7, page. 736-742
- Abstract
- South Korea has experienced two national public health crises during this decade. The 2015 Middle East respiratory syndrome-coronavirus (MERS-CoV) response’s failure to address coordination problems or authority conflicts provided an opportunity to revise its national disease control system before the 2020 coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis. Our reflection on Korea’s MERS-CoV and COVID-19 responses provides a perspective on public health emergency management. It is difficult to project the scale of an emerging infectious disease in advance because of its contagious nature and ability to cross geographic boundaries. In a national epidemic or global pandemic, a centralized coordination effort at the national level is desirable, rather than fragmented local, city, or regional efforts.
- URI
- https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0275074020942414https://repository.hanyang.ac.kr/handle/20.500.11754/169310
- ISSN
- 0275-0740; 1552-3357
- DOI
- 10.1177/0275074020942414
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- COLLEGE OF POLICY SCIENCE[S](정책과학대학) > PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION(행정학과) > Articles
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