Early epidemiological investigations: World Health Organization UNITY protocols provide a standardized and timely international investigation framework during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Isabel BergeriHannah C LewisLorenzo SubissiAnthony NardoneMarta ValencianoBrianna ChengKetevan GlontiBridget WilliamsIbukun-Oluwa Omolade AdepojuAlice SimniceanuAlessandro CassiniRebecca L GrantAngel RodriguezAndrea VicariLubna Al AriqiTasnim AzimPushpa Ranjan WijesingheSoatiana Cathycia RajatonirinaJoseph Chukwudi OkeibunorLinh-Vi LeMark A KatzAisling M VaughanPernille JorgensenGudrun FreidlRichard G PebodyMaria D Van KerkhovePublished in: Influenza and other respiratory viruses (2021)
The widespread adoption of UNITY protocols across all WHO regions indicates that they addressed subnational and national needs to support local public health decision-making to prevent and control the pandemic.