Preparing Europe for the next pandemic: Building the European Health Union

Sandra Gallina, Director-General of the of the Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety, notes in her editorial that the EU Health Security Framework was reinforced “to make use of the lessons learned and, recognize the limitations of our collective response to the pandemic at EU level.” Thus, to learn from experiences and to further strengthen the EU’s preparedness and resilience towards cross-border health threats and other crises, a reinforced EU Health Security Framework was initiated.