Abstract
This study used the Strengths (S), Weaknesses (W), Opportunities (O) and Threats (T) (SWOT) analysis method, drawing on our experience of the response to the 2003 SARS epidemic, the 2019 China Health Statistics Yearbook data, and changes in China’s policy environment for the pneumonia epidemic response relating to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) infection, to perform a systematic analysis of the COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control strategy S, W, O, and T, with a further analysis of a strategic foundation and to determine a significant and relative strategy. We assessed and formulated strength-opportunity (SO), weakness-opportunity (WO), strength-threat (ST), and weakness-threat (WT) strategies for the prevention and control of the COVID-19 epidemic. We conducted an in-depth analysis and identified the highest-priority policies. These are: reshaping the emergency system (SO1); adding health emergency departments to universities and other institutions (WO2); adjusting the economic structure and strengthening international and domestic linkages (ST2); and strengthening public intervention in responding to public health emergencies (WT1).
Highlights
In December 2019, a new outbreak of pneumonia caused by a novel coronavirus began in Wuhan (Hubei Province, China)
We recommended exploiting the core capabilities of public health emergency management, clarifying its strategic position and planning, developing and upgrading processes related to the fate of the country and its people, and the current and future systems are in urgent need of long-term strengthening
The strength-opportunity (SO) strategy includes the continuous reinvention of the health emergency system, emphasis on people-oriented policies, and upgrading of the health emergency information system
Summary
In December 2019, a new outbreak of pneumonia caused by a novel coronavirus began in Wuhan (Hubei Province, China). Health Organization (WHO) announced that COVID-19 is a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) on January 30, 2020. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, x countries, including South Korea, Iran, Japan, Italy, and the United States [6]. Changes confirmed cases in 34 provinces (regions) of China, and cases have been confirmed in 106 countries, in. We provide suggestions to aid further development the response to the SARS epidemic in 2003, the 2019 China Health Statistics Yearbook data, and of epidemic prevention and control strategies, scientific decision-making. Changes in China’s policy environment for the and response to COVID‐19, we present a systematic analysis of the advantages, disadvantages, opportunities, and challenges relating to the current
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