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COVID-19 fight: Personal accountability can tip the scale
by Ashish Srivastava, Karen Alphonso - CSTEP (India) - October 6, 2020
Playing down safety concerns can hamper people’s response to the threat of the virus and aggravate the crisis.
Analysis: COVID-19 Response- Why Repackaged Health Spending Promises Offer Nothing New
- May 27, 2020by Avani Kapur, Ritwik Shukla - CPR (India)
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made health one of the key focus areas for the fifth and last tranche of the stimulus package.
How has the Situation Report of COVID-19 in Ecuador Changed During the Health Crisis?
- in Spanish - May 25, 2020Grupo FARO (Ecuador)
How have the infographics summarizing the COVID-19 situation in Ecuador changed?
Recover & Shield: An Indian Roadmap for Managing the Coronavirus Pandemic?
- May 23, 2020by Shekhar Shah, Peter Robertson, Mushfiq Mobarak, Neelkanth Mishra - NCAER (India)
India needs a distinct, data-driven, roadmap for recovery built on its social realities and on what they’re learning about the virus.
After the epidemic: getting ready for a new coexistence
- in Spanish - May 19, 2020by Ricardo Cuenca - Instituto de Estudios Peruanos (IEP)
The necessary changes in social behaviour after the end of the quarantine in Peru.
COVID-19: Could the fear of infection from bank notes hasten the replacement of cash with digital transactions?
- May 18, 2020by Fiona Okadia - IEA (Kenya)
The cost of physical money is now greater than that of mobile money.
Social distancing in Pakistan: Estimates for lives it can save under different scenarios and dollar value of the saved lives
- May 15, 2020by Azad Haider, Sajid Amin Javed - SDPI (Pakistan)
Age specific Infection Fatality Rate from China to make projections of possible deaths with and without social distancing.
We are heading towards a bumpy road, but are we prepared?
- May 13, 2020by Khondaker Golam Moazzem - CPD (Bangladesh)
Can a reasonable delay to start business operations result in better outcomes in case of health emergencies?
Using DMFT Funds to restore the Health Facilities during the Covid Crisis
- May 11, 2020by Shweta Tiwari - CBGA (India)
These funds can be re-channelled in states like Jharkhand, to address prominent health system problems caused by COVID-19.
Health sector cannot be improved only by resources
- May 11, 2020by Fahmida Kathun - CPD (Bangladesh)
Resource allocation and policy formulation are only a part of the solution. There are larger issues related to the sector.
COVID-19: Understanding confinement and "deconfinement"
- in French - May 9, 2020by Sidy Tounkara - IPAR (Senegal)
What should we choose, between the novel coronavirus and an economic recession? Do we need to choose? Is there no third option?
COVID-19: Don’t forget people's psychosocial needs
- May 7, 2020by Wilson Winstons Muhwezi - ACODE (Uganda)
As Uganda tries to curb the spread of the virus, it is vital to understand and address the psychosocial effects on those infected, and in quarantine.
Efficient Allocation of Resources across Counties based on Population at Risk and Health Care Capacity is key in response to COVID-19 pandemic
- May 6, 2020by Noah Wamalwa - IEA (Kenya)
Counties with a high risk of infection relative to the health system’s response capability should receive the most resources.
COVID -19 Pandemic: Challenges to health care system of Pakistan
- May 6, 2020by Hina Aslam, Sofia Akram - SDPI (Pakistan)
The health care system is overburdened due to a lack of testing kits, required equipment and insufficient funds disbursement.
Opinion Report - May 2020
- in Spanish - May 1, 2020by Patricia Zárate, Laura Amaya, Gustavo Valdivia - Instituto de Estudios Peruanos (IEP)
Citizens' opinions on Covid-19, the evaluation of the government, quarantine, and aspects of inequality and vulnerability.
COVID–19 Contingency Plan and a Phased Lockdown Exit Strategy – Second Report
- May 1, 2020PAC (India)
Guidance document to assist the state government in evidence-based decision making in its ongoing COVID-19 response.