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Analysing Kerala's response to the COVID-19 pandemic when people and governments come together

01 Jan 2020-Economic and Political Weekly-Vol. 55, pp 18-18
TL;DR: The COVID-19 pandemic has been a test of the Indian state's capacity to deal with the repercussions of a public health crisis as discussed by the authors, as it continues to draw strength from its political culture of participatory governance and its emphasis on social welfare, is elaborated Some of the decentralised, scientific, and humane policy measures taken to contain the virus are also elucidated
Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has been a test of the Indian state's capacity to deal with the repercussions of a public health crisis Kerala's success, as it continues to draw strength from its political culture of participatory governance and its emphasis on social welfare, is elaborated Some of the decentralised, scientific, and humane policy measures taken to contain the virus are also elucidated
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TL;DR: The case for the critical role of local governance in coordinating pandemic response is made by examining how state authorities are attempting to bridge the gap between the need for rapid, vigorous response to the pandemic and local realities in three Indian states.

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TL;DR: In this paper , the authors explored the micro models of governance strategies taken by states in India namely, Kerala located in its Southern coast and Odisha in the Eastern coast which have been experiencing disasters be it health or natural calamities.
Abstract: Since the outbreak of the Covid 19 pandemic, governments across the world including India, a South-Asian country is busy ‘strategizing', ‘managing' ‘containing' the crisis to restrict its spread. But given the vastness and diversity of the Indian territory, one pan Indian model of is not possible and the states have been working in consonance with the centre in a matter of ‘cooperative federalism' and are implementing various micro models of Covid 19 governance. This paper explores the micro models of governance strategies taken by states in India namely, Kerala located in its Southern coast and Odisha in the Eastern coast which have been experiencing disasters be it health or natural calamities. Inspite of the differences in social development indicators between both the states, they have managed to keep the death rates lower in the initial phases of the outbreak in comparison to other states. This is reflected in the strategies they took in controlling the pandemic like "preparedness” "decentralisation”, "community participation”. However, inspite of deploying various governance models, the gradual unlocking led to the explosion of positive cases as a result of which the challenges to deal with the pandemic still looms large. © 2023 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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TL;DR: The case for the critical role of local governance in coordinating pandemic response is made by examining how state authorities are attempting to bridge the gap between the need for rapid, vigorous response to the pandemic and local realities in three Indian states.

92 citations

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TL;DR: An analysis of the COVID-19 situation in India is put forth, and debates on mitigation strategies, optimisation of testing, and the essential steps for a comprehensive set of interventions in order to minimise human suffering are addressed.
Abstract: The evolving COVID-19 pandemic requires that data and operational responses be examined from a public health perspective While there exist deep contestations about the epidemic control strategies to be adopted, past experience seems to be corroborated in the present epidemic that a contextually rooted “shoe-leather public health” approach provides the most effective interventions and operational strategies, more so in a society as diverse as ours Drawing from this, an analysis of the COVID-19 situation in India is put forth, and debates on mitigation strategies, optimisation of testing, and the essential steps for a comprehensive set of interventions in order to minimise human suffering are addressed © 2020 Economic and Political Weekly All rights reserved

7 citations