Document Type
Report
Publication Date
9-12-2023
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted health service delivery as countries implemented lockdowns and issued stay-at-home orders. Despite attempts to make essential health services available throughout, the pandemic strained health systems and resulted in rampant shortages of health commodities, beds and health-care staff. There were concomitant declines in tuberculosis screening, HIV testing, and maternal and child health services.2 However, the global pandemic also accelerated the pace of innovation. Some initiatives served as stopgap measures implemented to maintain health services, whereas others helped leapfrog progress in the areas of health information systems, telemedicine, and regulatory policy, bringing efficiencies that could be applied even beyond the public health emergency. This contribution presents examples of some innovative approaches that were implemented during the pandemic and reflects on their applicability in a post-pandemic context.
Recommended Citation
1. Meghani A, & Vian T. (2023). Innovations in health-care service delivery during the pandemic. Chapter 3, pp. 209-213 in Transforming institutions to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals after the pandemic World Public Sector Report 2023. Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations. https://publicadministration.un.org/en/Research/World-Public-Sector-Reports
Comments
Full report and link to specific chapter also available: https://publicadministration.desa.un.org/publications/world-public-sector-report-2023