Governance Mechanisms for Access and Use of Data in Public Health Crises: Call for Action

The Covid 19 pandemic demonstrated the importance of access to and use of data to enable authorities to make informed decisions in a crisis.

This is often not the case today. Relevant data is certainly available, but it can hardly be used. Today, technical, legal and social obstacles stand in the way of meaningful and rapid use. The "Call for Action" by researchers from the Universities of Zurich and Geneva shows ways to overcome the existing obstacles and proposes new governance mechanisms that enable access to and use of data in health crises.

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