What Has COVID-19 Taught Us About Asia’s Health Emergency Preparedness and Response?

Publication | March 2024
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This publication highlights the importance of adequately investing in healthcare infrastructure and preparedness and of applying flexibility, innovation, and collaboration in preparing for future health emergencies.

Price
  • US$29.00 (paperback)

The publication examines health system preparedness in terms of efficiency, surge capacity, and access to medical countermeasures and funding. It underscores the need to strengthen data infrastructure and sharing mechanisms to enable a more effective emergency response.

Contents

  • Introduction
  • COVID-19 Inflicted Enormous Costs
  • Elements of Health System Preparedness
  • Data Limitations Weakened the Effectiveness of the COVID-19 Response
  • What Have We Learned from the COVID-19 Response?

Additional Details

Type
Subjects
  • Economics
  • Health
  • COVID-19
  • Health system development
Pages
  • 60
Dimensions
  • 8.5 x 11
SKU
  • TCS240101-3
ISBN
  • 978-92-9270-633-3 (print)
  • 978-92-9270-634-0 (PDF)
  • 978-92-9270-635-7 (ebook)

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