The global response to COVID-19 has varied dramatically, but how prepared were different countries for this crisis, and what does pandemic preparedness require?

On this course, you’ll discover how a country’s response and resilience to COVID-19 is directly shaped by the disparity between global systems, including health, political, economic and environmental systems.

As you learn what pandemic preparedness requires, you’ll analyse key lessons learnt from the COVID-19 pandemic, and consider how these lessons can be applied to a country’s emergency planning and decision-making for the future.

What topics will you cover?

• Impacts of both COVID-19 and varying country responses to COVID-19
• Readiness for and responses to COVID-19
• Resilience demonstrated in responses to the pandemic and the inequities driving uneven pandemic outcomes
• Intersectionality of vulnerable systems and population-level inequities in relation to COVID-19 and responses to COVID-19
• Pandemic prevention, preparedness, and health system strengthening for the future
• The intersection of multiple systems in shaping the impacts and responses to COVID-19