Impact Of Covid 19 On Human Resources For Health And Policy Response

Author : Anonim
Publisher : World Health Organization
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2021-12-17
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789240039001

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Impact of COVID-19 on human resources for health and policy response by Anonim Pdf

In the International Year of Health and Care Workers (2021) and in an effort to support countries in the design and implementation of strategies to address health workers’ problems during COVID-19, WHO’s Health Workforce Department and PAHO Sub-regional Programme for South America supported the development and analysis of the impact of COVID-19 on health workers and the policy responses via a number of country case studies. This paper offers a systematization of the policies and strategies adopted by the participating countries to face the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic on HRH from five South American country case studies: Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. It looks at the impact of COVID-19 on the health, occupational safety and working conditions of the HWF and on the strategies and mechanisms used by these countries to increase, maintain and protect human resources for health (HRH), in terms of their availability, training, protection, welfare, remuneration and financing. The information and lessons learned contribute to providing evidence and align policy priorities and objectives around the protection and care of the health workforce of the countries in the region, and highlight the need to improve investment in HRH as a priority strategy to strengthen resilience of health systems, ensuring continuity, optimal functioning, access and adequate coverage to the whole population. The target audience is health workers and policy makers.

Author : Soundappan Kathirvel,Amarjeet Singh,Arun Chockalingam
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2023-09-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780323953559

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Principles and Application of Evidence-Based Public Health Practice by Soundappan Kathirvel,Amarjeet Singh,Arun Chockalingam Pdf

Principles and Application of Evidence-Based Public Health Practice helps clinicians who conduct population-based studies in the community be aware of the principles and ethics involved in public health research. Further, the book helps social scientists involved in public health, especially regarding the medical implication of public health practice. Community-based epidemiological research studies are vital for any public health activities, be it evaluation of health programs, health systems strengthening, surveillance or preventive/promotive trials in the community. While hospital/clinic-based research is conducted in a very controlled setting, community trials are more practical. Community-based studies require a fairly different set of ethical and epidemiological principles to be followed. The same has been reiterated in the ethical guidelines for biomedical research on human subjects released by various national research organizations. Assists the reader in understanding various strategies taken during any public health emergency Uses case studies to discuss the strategies to be considered during the preparedness and management of public health emergencies Helps build capacity and enhance quality of services delivered as part of public health practice

Author : Justin Waring,Jean-Louis Denis,Anne Reff Pedersen,Tim Tenbensel
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-08
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783030826963

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Organising Care in a Time of Covid-19 by Justin Waring,Jean-Louis Denis,Anne Reff Pedersen,Tim Tenbensel Pdf

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to radical transformations in the organisation and delivery of health and care services across the world. In many countries, policy makers have rushed to re-organise care services to meet the surge demand of COVID-19, from re-purposing existing services to creating new ‘field’ hospitals. Such strategies signal important and sweeping changes in the organisation of both ‘COVID’ and ‘non-COVID’ care, whilst asking more fundamental questions about the long-term organisation of care ‘after COVID’. In some contexts, the pandemic has exposed the fragilities and vulnerabilities of care systems, whilst in others, it has shown how services are organised to be more resilient and adaptive to unanticipated pressures. The COVID-19 pandemic presents a rare opportunity to examine empirically and to develop new theoretical frameworks on how and why health systems adapt to such unusual and intense pressures. International contributors consider how responses to COVID-19 are transforming the organisation and governance of health and care services and explore questions around strategic leadership at local, regional, national and transnational level. The book offers unique insight and analysis on the dynamics of policy-making, the organisation and governance of care organisations, the role of technologies in governing, the changing role of professionals and the possibilities for more resilient care systems.

Author : Carmody, Pádraig,McCann, Gerard
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781529215892

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COVID-19 in the Global South by Carmody, Pádraig,McCann, Gerard Pdf

Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Bringing together a range of experts across various sectors, this important volume explores some of the key issues that have arisen in the Global South with the COVID-19 pandemic. Situating the worldwide health crisis within broader processes of globalisation, the book investigates implications for development and gender, as well as the effects on migration, climate change and economic inequality. Contributors consider how widespread and long-lasting responses to the pandemic should be, while paying particular attention to the accentuated risks faced by vulnerable populations. Providing answers that will be essential to development practitioners and policy makers, the book offers vital insights into how the impact of COVID-19 can be mitigated in some of the most challenging socio-economic contexts worldwide.

Author : Ogechi Adeola
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030881528

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Gendered Perspectives on Covid-19 Recovery in Africa by Ogechi Adeola Pdf

This book describes the political, social, and economic connections between gender and the Covid-19 pandemic. The authors offer innovative ideas for recovery that will build a more prosperous, healthy, equitable, and sustainable future for African women and girls, targets identified under Goal 5 (Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment) of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals slated to be achieved by 2030. Within this context, authors identify issues related to the protection of women and girls from poverty, hunger, and gender-based violence; improved healthcare and healthcare workforce experiences; girl-child education; financial inclusion; and entrepreneurship opportunities for women in fintech, tourism, and information, communication and technology (ICT). The book concludes with a discussion of economic empowerment for women that focuses on normalising the ‘un-normal’ outcome of the pandemic. The book will be of value to policymakers, non-profit organisations, practitioners, and scholars who understand the importance of gender equality and women empowerment in the African continent.

Author : Philippe Bourbeau,Jean-Michel Marcoux,Brooke A. Ackerly
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780192652669

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A Multidisciplinary Approach to Pandemics by Philippe Bourbeau,Jean-Michel Marcoux,Brooke A. Ackerly Pdf

Pandemics have quickly become one of the most important subjects of the twenty-first century. This edited volume provides a comparative analysis of the ways in which pandemics are theorized and studied across several disciplines. A Multidisciplinary Approach to Pandemics has two objectives: first, to explore the growing diversity of theories and paradigms developed to study pandemics; and second, to initiate a multidisciplinary dialogue about the ontological, epistemological, paradigmatic, and normative aspects of studying pandemics across disciplines. The study of pandemics is not new. Yet despite the volume of research interest in a host of academic fields, scholars rarely talk across the disciplines. This study seeks to fill that gap by attempting to bridge disciplinary canyons. Eager to encourage this arena of conversation, this book brings together in a single volume essays by political scientists, environmental scholars, legal scholars, clinical pharmacists, economists, scholars of urban planning, scholars in health and medicine schools, and researchers in business and management.

Author : Manas Chatterji,Urs Luterbacher,Valérie Fert,Bo Chen
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2023-08-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781802625356

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International Migration, COVID-19, and Environmental Sustainability by Manas Chatterji,Urs Luterbacher,Valérie Fert,Bo Chen Pdf

With contributions from world-renowned scholars, this book tackles recent universal subject matter and ties it to key contemporary issues, including globalisation and sustainability, that are related to international migration and its impacts.

Author : Zsuzsanna Jakab,Sohel Saikat,Duncan Selbie,Saqif Mustafa,Yu Zhang,Geraldine McDarby,Mila Petrova,Redda Seifeldin
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2023-07-10
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9782832528181

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Health Systems Recovery in the Context of COVID-19 and Protracted Conflict by Zsuzsanna Jakab,Sohel Saikat,Duncan Selbie,Saqif Mustafa,Yu Zhang,Geraldine McDarby,Mila Petrova,Redda Seifeldin Pdf

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented disruption worldwide highlighting once again the interdependency of health and socioeconomic development, and the global lack of health systems resilience. Two years into the pandemic, most countries report sustained disruptions across service delivery platforms and health areas with a profound impact on health outcomes. The impact of these disruptions is magnified within marginalized communities and in countries experiencing protracted conflict. There is an urgent need to focus on recovery through investment in the essential public health functions (EPHFs) and the foundations of health systems with a focus on primary health care, and whole-of-government and -society engagement. The aim of this Research Topic is to gather, transfer and promote operationalization of key experiences from COVID-19 to inform global and country level recovery that better promote health; guide policy direction towards building health systems resilience; and thereby ensure economic and social prosperity. Experience with COVID-19 has demonstrated that traditional approaches to health system strengthening have failed to achieve the complementary goals of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and health security with the divide between the most vulnerable and well-off only widening. Much of what had been learned from previous experiences such as Ebola in West Africa has not been widely applied. This has left health and economic systems vulnerable to 21 st century public health challenges, ranging from conflict and natural disasters to aging demographics and rising rates of non-communicable and communicable diseases and antimicrobial resistance. These challenges require intentional focus and investment as well as whole-of-government and -society engagement with health to build health system resilience. Greater action is needed to prevent the devastating effects of war and conflict on the health of the most vulnerable. This Research Topic will convene the knowledge and practices of leaders in public health, health systems, and humanitarian and development sectors. This is to ensure lessons from COVID-19 inform the recovery agenda and promote sustainable health and socioeconomic recovery for all. Lest we forget and find ourselves again unprepared and vulnerable in the face of an even greater threat.

Author : Indranil De,Soumyadip Chattopadhyay,Hippu Salk Kristle Nathan,Kingshuk Sarkar
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2022-03-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000559293

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COVID-19 Pandemic, Public Policy, and Institutions in India by Indranil De,Soumyadip Chattopadhyay,Hippu Salk Kristle Nathan,Kingshuk Sarkar Pdf

This book looks at the institutional and governance issues faced by India during the first and second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and its adverse impact on the vulnerable sectors and groups. The book is split into four parts, with preceding chapters informing later ones. Part One outlines the approach of the study, in particular their examination of policy responses and the effect of the pandemic. Part Two delves into the governance challenges in containing the pandemic while giving the theoretical rationale for institutional responses. Part Three looks at how the pandemic affected economically vulnerable households, workers, and small industries. The effect of pandemic on the informal sector is also detailed. Lastly, Part Four examines the impacts and responses of Indian public infrastructure and services to the pandemic, in particular the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health care and schooling. It also explores the challenges caused by infrastructure inadequacies in Indian cities. The book closes by looking at how businesses in the private sector have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic, with a focus on Corporate Social Responsibility. The book will be a useful reference to researchers, policymakers, and practitioners who are interested in institutions and development, especially in the context of India.

Author : Bach Tran,Jongnam Hwang,Thi H. Do
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-02
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9782889766864

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Strengthening Health System and Community Responses to Confront COVID-19 Pandemic in Resource-Scare Settings by Bach Tran,Jongnam Hwang,Thi H. Do Pdf

Author : Andrea Rounce,Karine Levasseur
Publisher : Univ. of Manitoba Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780887559501

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COVID-19 in Manitoba by Andrea Rounce,Karine Levasseur Pdf

On 12 March 2020 Manitoba confirmed its first case of COVID-19. One week later, a province-wide state of emergency was declared, ushering in a new sense of urgency and rarely used government powers to protect Manitobans from the devastating global reach of the novel coronavirus. The wide-ranging impacts of the pandemic have touched every facet of Manitoba society and provincial responsibility, including health, economic development, social services, and government operations. COVID-19 has challenged the conventional policy-making process––complicating agenda setting and policy formulation, adoption, implementation, and evaluation––while governments have been under pressure to make swift decisions in life-and-death matters. New programs must address urgent and shifting health and economic realities, but also anticipate future waves of COVID-19 and potentially significant repercussions for future governments. "COVID-19 in Manitoba: Public Policy Responses to the First Wave" seeks to understand how Manitoba fared during the first months of the pandemic, with twenty-seven chapters that address key aspects of the pandemic and discuss how government policy can help lay the foundation for resiliency in the midst a continuing public-health crisis. This open-access volume is an essential resource for citizens and policy-makers alike, as it identifies policy gaps and successes of Manitoba’s early COVID response and points to strategies to prepare for future waves of the pandemic.

Author : Norbert Schady,Alaka Holla,Shwetlena Sabarwal,Joana Silva
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2023-03-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781464819346

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Collapse and Recovery by Norbert Schady,Alaka Holla,Shwetlena Sabarwal,Joana Silva Pdf

Worldwide, the COVID-19 pandemic has been an enormous shock to mortality, economies, and daily life. But what has received insufficient attention is the impact of the pandemic on the accumulation of human capital—the health, education, and skills—of young people. How large was the setback, and how far are we still from a recovery? Collapse and Recovery estimates the impacts of the pandemic on the human capital of young children, school-age children, and youth and discusses the urgent actions needed to reverse the damage. It shows that there was a collapse of human capital and that, unless that collapse is remedied, it is a time bomb for countries. Specifically, the report documents alarming declines in cognitive and social-emotional development among young children, which could translate into a 25 percent reduction in their earnings as adults. It finds that 1 billion children in low- and middle-income countries missed at least one year of in-person schooling. And despite enormous efforts in remote learning, children did not learn during the unprecedentedly long school closures, which could reduce future lifetime earnings around the world by US$21 trillion. The report quantifies the dramatic drops in employment and skills among youth that resulted from the pandemic as well as the substantial increase in the number of youth neither employed nor enrolled in education or training. In all of these age groups, the impacts of the pandemic were consistently worse for children from poorer backgrounds. These losses call for immediate action. The good news is that evidence-based policies can recover these losses. Collapse and Recovery reviews governments’ responses to the pandemic, assessing why there was a collapse in human capital accumulation, what was missing in the policy architecture to protect human capital during the crisis, and how governments can better prepare to withstand future shocks. It offers concrete policy recommendations to recover losses in human capital—programs that will end up paying for themselves in the long term. To better prepare for future shocks such as climate change and wars, the report emphasizes the need for solutions that bring health, education, and social protection programs together in an integrated human development system. If countries fail to act, the losses in human capital documented in this report will become permanent and last for multiple generations. The time to act is now.

Author : Christian Aspalter
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2023-07-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789819924974

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Covid-19 Pandemic by Christian Aspalter Pdf

This book presents an overview of social problems and health problems that arose out of, or were flared up by, the global COVID-19 pandemic. It addresses most vital problems in developed and developing countries from literally around the world, by top country experts in their respective fields of study. The book debates first certain overall thematic topics and then analyzes a number of key country case studies. Apart from a set of key theme/problem-based chapters, the country case studies from major-hit countries in the world are yet another highlight of the book. They also feature, in addition to analyzing the pandemic and policy responses per se, one extra special focal point each. The book hence covers the core of most severe social problems, including health problems, that have been spurred or set off by the COVID-19 pandemic. An overall theory chapter that uses a global data analysis and a short theoretical appraisal on the 'human face' of the Pandemic is also offered at the beginning of book, to bring back humanity and human decency (i.e. decency of the human condition) into the scientific debate as well as policy making arena, which is utterly needed at this point of human development.

Author : Carolina Machado,J. Paulo Davim
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2022-04-12
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030980528

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Organizational Management in Post Pandemic Crisis by Carolina Machado,J. Paulo Davim Pdf

This book presents the tools and policies necessary to undertake with success post-pandemic crisis. The chapters focus on topics of interest such as the challenges in economic and business sectors around the world, economic and business recession, unemployment, increased market uncertainty, more demanding suppliers and costumer orders, production interruptions, internal organizational and structural demands, among others.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : World Health Organization
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2022-04-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789240041660

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Universal health coverage partnership annual report 2020 by Anonim Pdf