Policy Brief: Ensuring Future Pandemic Preparedness and Supporting Maternal and Child Health Research in the Republic of Ireland - Recommendations for Policy
<ns3:p>In this policy brief, we explain why pandemic preparedness must include significantly improving the availability of data on infection and vaccination in pregnant women in the Republic of Ireland (ROI). We base this on an in-depth analysis of data availability during the COVID-19 pandemic in ROI. These improvements include 1) the need to optimise research governance processes, 2) better linkage between different data sources, 3) improving documentation of data sources, 4) timely release of data, 5) prioritisation of pregnancy data collection, and 6) increased supports and funding.</ns3:p>
Authors
- Gillian M. Maher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6722-0484)
- Maria A. Loane (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1206-3637)
- Joanne Emma Given (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4921-1944)
- Julie Arnott
- R. Neil Greene
- Mary O’Mahony (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0574-7579)
- Fergus P. McCarthy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5062-6851)
- PM Barrett
- Mairéad Madigan
- A S Khashan
- S. Leonard
- Helen Dolk
Institutions
- University of Ulster (GB)
- University College Cork (IE)
- Cork University Hospital (IE)
- Health Service Executive (IE)
- Infant (IE)
- St. Finbarr's Hospital (IE)
- Health Protection Surveillance Centre (IE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- HRB Open Research
- Published
- 2026-04-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.12688/hrbopenres.14394.1
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Higher Education Authority
- Irish Research Council
- Research Ireland