Mitigating the Impact of COVID-19 and Strengthening Health Systems in the Middle East and North Africa
Almost every country in the Middle East and North Africa (MNA) region is faced with the increasing significant burden imposed by Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) on their health systems. The focus thus far has been on executing emergency interventions t...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2020
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/903861595914276418/Mitigating-the-Impact-of-COVID-19-and-Strengthening-Health-Systems-in-the-Middle-East-and-North-Africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34238 |
| Summary: | Almost every country in the Middle East
and North Africa (MNA) region is faced with the increasing
significant burden imposed by Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) on
their health systems. The focus thus far has been on
executing emergency interventions to prevent, detect, and
respond to the COVID-19 epidemic. COVID-19 models for MNA
countries indicate that the epidemic is far from its peak,
indicating the emergency will remain for the foreseeable
future and result in a reduction in demand for essential
non-COVID-19 health services. MNA countries have a wide
range of at-risk populations, which necessitate a
longer-term, health system-wide approach to managing the
COVID-19 pandemic in addition to the emergency projects
prepared. This note describes the impact of COVID-19 on the
health systems of countries in the MNA region as well as
ways to mitigate this impact. It presents options to
mitigate this impact, across relief, response, and recovery
phases. This note presents a starting point for discussions
across the region for priority health system strengthening areas. |
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