Putting governance into practice: The engagement of private health sector for Universal Health Coverage and health security.

Abstract

The 'next pandemic' has become a common terminology increasingly used in media and academic literature. Emerging pathogens pose a considerable risk to our increasingly globalised communities and there is a need for adequate preparedness for them. However, in Lebanon, like in many countries, the 'next' pathogens, such as the measles pathogen, posing a dire threat to public health are neither emerging nor re-emerging; they are common, endemic and vaccine-preventable. What then are the barriers to vaccination and other prevention interventions against these pathogens?