Health Systems

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A Framework for Identifying the Sources of Indirect Health Effects of COVID-19
Y-Ling Chi et al.
July 01, 2020
This blog unveils a framework that can help policymakers move to a holistic COVID-19 response that accounts for the impacts of the pandemic and the measures implemented to fight it.
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Protecting Community Health Workers: PPE Needs and Recommendations for Policy Action
Lyudmila Nepomnyashchiy et al.
June 15, 2020
Community health workers (CHWs) are often the first point of care for vulnerable and underserved populations in low- and middle-income countries, but do they have the PPE they need to do their jobs?
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Using Military Health Systems in the Response to COVID-19
Joseph Kazibwe et al.
June 15, 2020
COVID-19 has placed an unimaginable strain on health systems across the world, especially in regions that have been hit hardest. Some countries have utilised their armed forces to assist the civilian response to the COVID-19 crisis. Recognising the important relationship between the military an...
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India’s COVID-19 Testing Capacity Must Grow by a Factor of 10: Here’s How That Can Happen
Prashant Yadav et al.
June 04, 2020
Diagnostic testing is at the center of the policy debate around COVID-19 interventions in India. As of June 1, 2020, India had conducted approximately 3.8 million tests since it began testing in February, but many experts have noted that testing capacity is still drastically insufficient for the ne...