Protecting essential health services in low-income and middle-income countries and humanitarian settings while responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Karl Blanchet,Ala Alwan,Ala Alwan,Caroline Antoine,Marion Cros,Ferozuddin Feroz,Tseguaneh Amsalu Guracha,Øystein Ariansen Haaland,Alemayehu Hailu,Peter Hangoma,Dean T. Jamison,Solomon Tessema Memirie,Ingrid Miljeteig,Ahmad Jan Naeem,Sara L. Nam,Ole Frithjof Norheim,Stéphane Verguet,David A Watkins,Kjell Arne Johansson +18 more
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The case for a rational approach to public sector health spending and decision making during and in the early recovery phase of the COVID-19 pandemic is made.Abstract:
In health outcomes terms, the poorest countries stand to lose the most from these disruptions. In this paper, we make the case for a rational approach to public sector health spending and decision making during and in the early recovery phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on ethics and equity principles, it is crucial to ensure that patients not infected by COVID-19 continue to get access to healthcare and that the services they need continue to be resourced. We present a list of 120 essential non-COVID-19 health interventions that were adapted from the model health benefit packages developed by the Disease Control Priorities project.read more
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Impact of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on routine immunisation services: evidence of disruption and recovery from 170 countries and territories
Ann Lindstrand,Anita Shet +1 more
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Toward universal health coverage in the post-COVID-19 era.
Stéphane Verguet,Alemayehu Hailu,Getachew Teshome Eregata,Solomon Tessema Memirie,Kjell Arne Johansson,Ole Frithjof Norheim,Ole Frithjof Norheim +6 more
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Ensuring the continuation of routine primary care during the COVID-19 pandemic: a review of the international literature.
Sethunya Matenge,Elizabeth Sturgiss,Jane Desborough,Sally Hall Dykgraaf,Garang Dut,Michael Kidd +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a rapid literature review using PubMed/MEDLINE, SCOPUS, and Cochrane was conducted to summarize changes to the provision of routine primary care services during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Analysis of the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons towards a more effective response to public health emergencies
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Institutional and behaviour-change interventions to support COVID-19 public health measures: a review by the Lancet Commission Task Force on public health measures to suppress the pandemic.
Jong Koo Lee,Jong Koo Lee,Chris Bullen,Yanis Ben Amor,Simon Bush,Francesca Colombo,Alejandro Gaviria,Salim S. Abdool Karim,Salim S. Abdool Karim,Booyuel Kim,John N. Lavis,Jeffrey V. Lazarus,Yi-Chun Lo,Susan Michie,Ole Frithjof Norheim,Juhwan Oh,Kolli Srinath Reddy,Mikael Rostila,Rocío Sáenz,Liam David Graham Smith,John Thwaites,Miriam Were,Lan Xue +22 more
TL;DR: A review of published studies of data analytics and modelling, evidence synthesis and contextualisation, and behavioural science evidence and theory on public health interventions from a range of sources is presented in this article.
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Making fair choices on the path to universal health coverage: Final report of the WHO Consultative Group on Equity and Universal Health Coverage
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Making fair choices on the path to universal health coverage
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