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Protecting essential health services in low-income and middle-income countries and humanitarian settings while responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Blanchet K Geneva Centre of Humanitarian Studies, University of Geneva Faculty of Medicine, Geneve, Switzerland karl.blanchet@unige.ch.
  • Alwan A Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
  • Antoine C Action Contre la Faim, Paris, France.
  • Cros MJ Global Financing Facility/World Bank, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
  • Feroz F Ministry of Public Health, Kabul, Afghanistan.
  • Amsalu Guracha T Global Financing Facility/World Bank, Addis Abab, Ethiopia.
  • Haaland O Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
  • Hailu A Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
  • Hangoma P Health Policy and Management, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia.
  • Jamison D Global Health Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.
  • Memirie ST Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, Universitetet i Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
  • Miljeteig I Department of Global Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Bergen, Norway.
  • Jan Naeem A Ministry of Public Health, Kabul, Afghanistan.
  • Nam SL Options Consultancy Services Ltd, London, UK.
  • Norheim OF Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
  • Verguet S Global Health and Population, Harvard University T H Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Watkins D University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
  • Johansson KA Department of Global Public Health and Primary care, University of Bergen Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Bergen, Norway.
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  • 2020-10-08
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  • BMJ global health. - 2020
control strategies
health economics
health policies and all other topics
health systems
public health
Altruism
Betacoronavirus
Coronavirus Infections
Developing Countries
Health Services Accessibility
Humans
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral
Poverty
Public Health
English In health outcomes terms, the poorest countries stand to lose the most from these disruptions. In this paper, we make the case for a rational approach to public sector health spending and decision making during and in the early recovery phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on ethics and equity principles, it is crucial to ensure that patients not infected by COVID-19 continue to get access to healthcare and that the services they need continue to be resourced. We present a list of 120 essential non-COVID-19 health interventions that were adapted from the model health benefit packages developed by the Disease Control Priorities project.
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  • English
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gold
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https://folia.unifr.ch/global/documents/70120
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