Protecting essential health services in low-income and middle-income countries and humanitarian settings while responding to the COVID-19 pandemic

K Blanchet, A Alwan, C Antoine, MJ Cros, F Feroz… - BMJ global …, 2020 - gh.bmj.com
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 …

Challenges and opportunities from COVID‐19 for global sustainable development

P Seshaiyer, CL McNeely - World Medical & Health Policy, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We live in unprecedented times, faced with a pandemic of monumental proportions. Not only
has COVID‐19 wreaked havoc across the world, it also has exposed fundamental …

Health financing policies during the COVID-19 pandemic and implications for universal health care: a case study of 15 countries

C De Foo, M Verma, SY Tan, J Hamer… - The Lancet Global …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background The COVID-19 pandemic was a health emergency requiring rapid fiscal
resource mobilisation to support national responses. The use of effective health financing …

Stark choices: exploring health sector costs of policy responses to COVID-19 in low-income and middle-income countries

S Torres-Rueda, S Sweeney, F Bozzani, NR Naylor… - BMJ global …, 2021 - gh.bmj.com
Objectives COVID-19 has altered health sector capacity in low-income and middle-income
countries (LMICs). Cost data to inform evidence-based priority setting are urgently needed …

Population health, economics and ethics in the age of COVID-19

SG Reddy - BMJ global health, 2020 - gh.bmj.com
Are the steps that have been taken to arrest the spread of COVID-19 justifiable? Specifically,
are they likely to have improved public health understood according to widely used …

What role for One Health in the COVID-19 pandemic?

A Ruckert, K Zinszer, C Zarowsky, R Labonté… - Canadian Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
This commentary discusses the contributions that One Health (OH) principles can make in
improving the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We highlight four areas where …

Providing health services effectively during the first wave of COVID-19: a cross-country comparison on planning services, managing cases, and maintaining essential …

E Webb, C Hernández-Quevedo, G Williams… - Health Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic triggered abrupt challenges for health care providers, requiring
them to simultaneously plan for and manage a rise of COVID-19 cases while maintaining …

Drawing light from the pandemic: Rethinking strategies for health policy and beyond

R Forman, N Azzopardi-Muscat, V Kirkby, S Lessof… - Health Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic is a catastrophe. It was also preventable. The potential impacts of
a novel pathogen were foreseen and for decades scientists and commentators around the …

Impact of COVID‐19 on access to healthcare in low‐and middle‐income countries: current evidence and future recommendations

M Okereke, NA Ukor, YA Adebisi… - … journal of health …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The COVID‐19 pandemic continues to be a major public health threat globally and low‐and
middle‐income countries (LMICs) are not an exception. The impact of the COVID‐19 …

COVID-19: transformative actions for more equitable, resilient, sustainable societies and health systems in the Americas

CF Etienne, J Fitzgerald, G Almeida… - BMJ Global …, 2020 - gh.bmj.com
COVID-19 and one of the most inequitable in terms of income distribution and access to
health, this pandemic has laid bare the core values on which societies have been built and …