Health Policy Strategies Applicable in Case of Pandemic/Epidemic Outbreak in EU and USA

This work addresses one of the most critical global challenges of our time—the management of health crises during pandemics. A pandemic, by definition, is the outbreak of an infectious disease that crosses the borders of many countries. But each country can have a different response to the outbreak. These varying responses can substantially impact how fast the disease spreads not only within the country’s border but also outside to another country. Yet, there has been little appetite for transferring power to a larger political entity, like the EU, a regional office of the WHO, or the UN, to combat a pandemic.