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7 Responding to National and Global Crises, 20152021
Pages 187-208

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From page 187...
... The NAM quickly established itself as an organization capable of effecting change at the highest levels through innovative and nimble program models designed to drive collective action and collaborative solutions -- while staying rooted in the scientific rigor that formed the core of its credibility and influence. In 2017, following 2 years of intensive consultation with NAM members, volunteers, sponsors, and other stakeholders, the NAM published its "Strategic Plan 2018–2023: Goalposts for a Healthier Future" (described in Chapter 3)
From page 188...
... The Commission on a Global Health Risk Framework for the Future (GHRF) , which launched in July 2015, the same month the IOM became the NAM, leveraged the NAM's position as a neutral advisor and convener to lead a formal assessment of the global response to Ebola and develop a framework to guide the response to future pandemics (NAM, n.d.d)
From page 189...
... to "[bring] together political leaders, heads of United Nations agencies and health experts to strengthen global health security through stringent independent monitoring and regular reporting" (UN, 2018)
From page 190...
... The series provided rapid scientific analysis of 4 Carlos del Rio was NAM International Secretary at the time. Nicole Lurie was affiliated with the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations.
From page 191...
... Additional recommendations included the adaptation of existing public health systems and structures for vaccine distribution; measures to ensure that the vaccine would be free of charge; and a CDC-led vaccine risk communication and community engagement program. Finally, the report recommended that the United States take a leadership role in the equitable distribution of vaccine globally.
From page 192...
... Health System After COVID-19 NAM programs that pre-existed the COVID-19 pandemic also rallied to offer guidance within their specific areas of focus. The Action Collaborative on Clinician Well-Being and Resilience (CWB Collaborative)
From page 193...
... . The NAM leveraged its International Commission model to explore the current state of the art and recommend improvements to influenza vaccine research and development; vaccine distribution and supply chains; public health interventions and countermeasures; and global coordination, partnerships, and financing.
From page 194...
... Among the CWB Collaborative's first outputs was a comprehensive conceptual model illustrating factors affecting clinician well-being and resilience (see Figure 7-3) , which served as a blueprint for the program's strategic planning.
From page 195...
... In July 2020, the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act was introduced in the U.S.
From page 196...
... Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine in Action Collaboratives on the national opioid epidemic and climate change and the engagement of Johnson & Johnson as a partner in the Healthy Longevity Global Competition. Building a Learning Health System: The National Academy of Medicine Leadership Consortium The Leadership Consortium, established in 2006 as the IOM Roundtable on Value & ScienceDriven Health Care, formed the backbone of the NAM's efforts to improve the U.S.
From page 197...
... In another example of a novel program model for the NAM, phase one of the Vital Directions initiative commissioned a series of papers by more than 150 of the nation's leading experts to recommend actions for progress around 19 key priorities in support of 3 core goals: better health and well-being, high-value health care, and strong science and technology. The experts' guidance was published across a series of discussion papers in the NAM Perspectives periodical, as well as in a companion commentary series in the Journal of the American Medical Association and a 2017 NAM special publication titled Vital Directions for Health and Health Care: Priorities from an NAM Initiative.
From page 198...
... to develop a program that would advance health equity by strengthening the evidence base around social determinants of health. Half of the grant was allocated for program activities over 5 years, while half was directed to the NAM's endowment.
From page 199...
... Building on the success of this activity, and to align with the COHP consensus reports focused on the health of children and adolescents, the NAM later debuted "Young Leaders Visualize Health Equity," which was limited to submissions from people ages 5 to 26. In March 2021, the NAM announced that the COHP would be extended until 2024.
From page 200...
... The U.S. Opioid Epidemic Another crisis that was exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic was the crisis of opioid use disorder in the United States, which became the topic of an NAM Action Collaborative established in 2018.
From page 201...
... Tensions continued, and in September 2020 President Trump suggested that he would oppose the FDA's proposal to enhance approval standards for the emergency use of vaccines against COVID-19. At the urging of NAM and NAS members, Dzau and McNutt went public with a strongly worded statement that read, in part: We find ongoing reports and incidents of the politicization of science, particularly the overriding of evidence and advice from public health officials and derision of government scientists, to be alarming. It undermines the credibility of public health agencies and the public's confidence in them when we need it most. Ending the pandemic will require decision-making that is not only based on science but also sufficiently transparent to ensure public trust in, and adherence to, sound public health instructions. Any efforts to discredit the best science and scientists threaten the health and welfare of us all.
From page 202...
... Carlos del Rio followed in 2020 as the NAM's first elected International Secretary, and Dzau was elected for a second term as NAM President. "I am truly honored to be elected to a second term and have the privilege of continuing to lead this eminent organization in this new decade, especially on the 50th anniversary of our founding," said Dzau in a press release announcing his election (NAM, 2020g)
From page 203...
... Between 2015 and 2021, the NAM established innovative, cross-sectoral programs in developing areas including healthy longevity; climate change, human health, and equity; emerging science and technology; health misinformation; and global mental health. Healthy Longevity Global Grand Challenge In the face of rapidly aging populations worldwide, the race to prepare health care and social systems became the subject of the NAM's inaugural Grand Challenge program.
From page 204...
... The Healthy Longevity Global Competition was launched to complement the International Commission's work by fomenting worldwide research and innovation through a series of monetary prizes and awards. The competition model was uncharted territory for the NAM -- an attempt to jumpstart an under-resourced field.
From page 205...
... In September 2021, as part of the climate grand challenge, the NAM launched an Action Collaborative on Decarbonizing the U.S. Health Sector.
From page 206...
... Health Misinformation As a final example of an area in which greater leadership and focus was needed, the NAM launched an initiative to identify credible sources of health information in social media. False information spread through social media during the COVID-19 pandemic had helped to fuel negative health impacts including hampered uptake of COVID-19 vaccines (Kington et al., 2021)
From page 207...
... Well before the conclusion of its first decade, the NAM developed a national and international reputation for impact in the areas of pandemic preparedness, clinician well-being, human gene editing, the U.S. opioid epidemic, the learning health system, health equity, healthy longevity, and climate change, among others.


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