Title of article
COVID-19 Pandemic: What Can the West Learn From the East?
Author/Authors
Shokoohi, Mostafa Dalla Lana School of Public Health - University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada , Osooli, Mehdi Center for Primary Health Care Research - Lund University, Malmö, Sweden , Stranges, Saverio Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics - Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry - Western University, London, ON, Canada
Pages
3
From page
436
To page
438
Abstract
Differences in public health approaches to control the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic could largely explain substantial variations in epidemiological indicators (such as incidence and mortality) between the West and the East. COVID-19 revealed vulnerabilities of most western countries’ healthcare systems in their response to the ongoing public health crisis. Hence, western countries can possibly learn from practices from several East Asian countries regarding infrastructures, epidemiological surveillance and control strategies to mitigate the public health impact of the pandemic. In this paper, we discuss that the lack of rapid and timely community-centered approaches, and most importantly weak public health infrastructures, might have resulted in a high number of infected cases and fatalities in many western countries.
Keywords
Public Health Responses , Pandemic Preparedness , Emerging Infectious Diseases , COVID-19
Journal title
International Journal of Health Policy and Management(IJHPM)
Serial Year
2020
Record number
2614270
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