REACTing: the French response to infectious disease crises.

Abstract

In the past decade, scientific and health systems have been challenged by an increase in the emergence of infectious diseases such as Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, chikungunya, Ebola virus disease, and Zika virus.1–4 An effective and global public health response to these crises depends on our ability to anticipate these events and our level of preparedness. However, the development of research programmes in response to a rapidly emerging infectious disease in an emergency context is a challenge.