Improvement of China's legal system for public health emergency management from the perspective of lifecycle management.
10.3760/cma.j.cn112338-20221102-00936
- Author:
Kai Yuan CHEN
1
;
Chen Guang WANG
1
;
Yi ZHANG
1
;
Rong Xin HE
1
;
Jin Yu HE
2
;
Ji Ming ZHU
1
;
Wan Nian LIANG
1
Author Information
1. Vanke School of Public Health, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China Institute for Healthy China, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
2. Vanke School of Public Health, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Humans;
China;
Pandemics/prevention & control*;
Public Health;
Emergencies;
Disaster Planning
- From:Chinese Journal of Epidemiology
2023;44(5):689-693
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
A crucial lesson gained through the pandemic preparedness and response to COVID-19 is that all measures for epidemic control must be law-based. The legal system is related not only to public health emergency management per se but also to all aspects of the institutional supporting system throughout the lifecycle. Based on the lifecycle emergency management model, this article analyses the problems of the current legal system and the potential solutions. It is suggested that the lifecycle emergency management model shall be followed to establish a more comprehensive public health legal system and to gather the intelligence and consensus of experts with different expertise, including epidemiologists, sociologists, economists, jurist and others, which will collaboratively promote the science-based legislation in the field of epidemic preparedness and response for the establishment of a comprehensive legal system for public health emergency management and with Chinese characteristics.
