Global health security and pandemic preparedness: Europe’s leadership challenge

Óscar Fernández; Hylke Dijkstra

doi:10.1136/bmj-2026-090050

Global health security and pandemic preparedness: Europe’s leadership challenge

Óscar Fernández^*
, Hylke Dijkstra

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Original language	English
Number of pages	4
Journal	BMJ
Volume	393
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2026-090050
Publication status	Published - 12 May 2026

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ENSURED: Transforming and Defending Multilateralism: European Union Support for more Robust, Effective and Democratic Global Governance (ENSURED)
Dijkstra, H. (Primary Investigator), Weinhardt, C. (Co-Primary Investigator), Heinzel, M. (Co-Investigators), Tsourdi, L. (Co-Investigators), Verhaegen, S. (Co-Investigators), Fernández, Ó. (Co-Investigators) & Peerboom, F. (Co-Investigators)
EU Commission
1/11/23 → 31/10/26
Project: Research

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