-
Tytuł:
-
COVID-19 pandemic: a time for collaboration and a unified global health front.
-
Autorzy:
-
Vervoort D; Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 North Wolfe Street, 21205 Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Ma X; Faculty of Medicine, Universite de Montreal, 2900 Edouard Montpetit Boulevard, Montreal, Quebec H3T 1J4, Canada.
Luc JGY; Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of British Columbia, 2329 West Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada.
-
Źródło:
-
International journal for quality in health care : journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care [Int J Qual Health Care] 2021 Mar 05; Vol. 33 (1).
-
Typ publikacji:
-
Journal Article
-
Język:
-
English
-
Imprint Name(s):
-
Publication: Oxford : Oxford University Press
Original Publication: Kidlington, Oxford, UK ; Tarrytown, NY : Pergamon, c1994-
-
MeSH Terms:
-
Global Health*
International Cooperation*
COVID-19/*epidemiology
Communication ; Health Policy ; Humans ; Pandemics ; Quality of Health Care/organization & administration ; SARS-CoV-2
-
Contributed Indexing:
-
Keywords: COVID-19; coronavirus; global health; health policy
-
Entry Date(s):
-
Date Created: 20200628 Date Completed: 20210402 Latest Revision: 20210402
-
Update Code:
-
20240105
-
PubMed Central ID:
-
PMC7337739
-
DOI:
-
10.1093/intqhc/mzaa065
-
PMID:
-
32592480
-
Coronavirus disease 2019 has, in the span of weeks, immobilized entire countries and mobilized leading institutions worldwide in a race towards treatments and preventions. Although several solutions such as telemedicine and online education platforms have been implemented to reduce human contact and further transmission, countries need to favour collectivism both within and beyond their borders. Inspired by experiences of previous outbreaks such as SARS in 2003 and Ebola in 2014-2015, global solidarity is a must in order to prevent further morbidity and mortality. Examples in leadership and collaborations ranging from research funds from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to mask donations by the Jack Ma Foundation should be celebrated as examples to follow. Open communication and transparency will be crucial in monitoring the evolution of the disease in the global effort of flattening the curve. This crisis will challenge the integrity and fuel innovation of health systems worldwide, whilst posing a new quality chasm that warrants increased recognition.
(© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press in association with the International Society for Quality in Health Care. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.)
