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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.
Impact of COVID-19 lock down on Nepal
- June 26, 2020by Dikshya Ghimire - ISET-N (Nepal)
Results from a brief online survey on the youth's perception of the pandemic.
Webinar Series: Covid-19 and the Policy Response in Peru
- in Spanish - June 23, 2020GRADE (Peru)
A series of webinars on diverse topics ranging from economy, gender and education in Peru during the pandemic.
Don’t lose sight of long-standing fight against undernutrition
- June 21, 2020by Simonti Chakraborty - CBGA (India)
As the pandemic worsens under-nutrition and hunger across India, the scope of nutrition related benefits needs to be widened.
COVID-19: Interviews
- in Spanish - June 19, 2020GRADE (Peru)
A series of interviews on different topics regarding the pandemic.
COVID-19: Is our Public Health System Battle Ready?
- June 15, 2020by Mampi Bose - CBGA (India)
The public health system is in a dilapidated condition and public expenditure on health has been very poor, across states.
The Availability of Masks Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
- June 12, 2020by Stephen Jairo - IEA (Kenya)
Is there enough personal protective equipment for the over 48 million citizens who are at risk of contracting the virus?
Is India’s Covid-19 death rate higher than Italy’s?
- June 11, 2020by Partha Mukhopadhyay - CPR (India)
India has more young patients than other countries who are not expected to die. But, they're dying at a higher rate than expected.
COVID-19 and the basic and effective reproductive number in El Salvador: A proposal for its measurement
- in Spanish - June 7, 2020by Carlos Eduardo Argueta - FUNDAUNGO (El Salvador)
If current conditions remain unchanged, the threshold of 1 won’t be reached.
Coping With COVID-19: The Case of Bangladesh
- June 4, 2020by S. R. Osmani - BIGD (Bangladesh)
The only way to minimise the economic cost of the pandemic is to put in place a strong system of public health support.
How chronic labour health could undermine India's war on Covid-19
- June 3, 2020by Palash Baruah, D L Wankhar - NCAER (India)
Reverse migration is one side of the story. Workers with chronic ailments residing within States can also pose a risk.
How can India address big surge for health care after coronavirus lockdown?
- June 2, 2020by Jishnu Das, Madhukar Pai - CPR (India)
How the health crisis plays out depends critically on what is done now, and how effectively planning is done for the future.
Educating in times of pandemic. Between isolation and social distance
- in Spanish - June 1, 2020by Alejandra Cardini, Vanesa D'Alessandre, Esteban Torre, Andrea Bergamaschi, Agustina Ollivier - CIPPEC (Argentina)
The challenges of returning to the classroom and entering school with social distance are multiple.
Boost Health Facilities to Deal with Future Pandemics
- June 1, 2020by Rebecca Nalwoga-Mukwaya - ACODE (Uganda)
Public health facilities are not equipped to deal with the current crisis.
Government should pick Lessons from COVID-19 Crisis to Improve Health Systems
- June 1, 2020by Fred Kasalirwe - ACODE (Uganda)
Attention should be given to the Local Government health facilities’ capacity to ably address the health-related cases at all levels.
COVID-19: We Need to Extend Social Discipline to Manage Preventable Diseases
- June 1, 2020by Walter Akena - ACODE (Uganda)
Most of the diseases that cause 80 percent of mortalities in the countryside can be averted through basic health care practices.