Governance of the Covid-19 response : a call for more inclusive and transparent decision-making
Autor: | Dheepa Rajan, Katja Rohrer, Maike Voss, Csongor Bajnoczki, Valéry Ridde, Kira Koch, Justin Koonin, Marjolaine Nicod, Anna Socha |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Population Advisory Committees Decision Making Pneumonia Viral Globe Public administration Global Health lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases 03 medical and health sciences Race (biology) 0302 clinical medicine State (polity) Political science medicine Global health Humans lcsh:RC109-216 030212 general & internal medicine Social isolation education Pandemics Health policy media_common education.field_of_study lcsh:R5-920 030503 health policy & services Corporate governance public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health COVID-19 health policy medicine.anatomical_structure Commentary medicine.symptom 0305 other medical science Coronavirus Infections lcsh:Medicine (General) health systems |
Zdroj: | BMJ Global Health, Vol 5, Iss 5 (2020) BMJ Global Health |
ISSN: | 2059-7908 |
Popis: | Summary box As SARS-COV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) ravages the globe, heads of state are making swift decisions to put large swathes of the world’s population under mass isolation in the race to heed off Covid-19’s lethality, particularly in certain population subgroups. How are these decisions—that affect each and every one of us, some groups disproportionately and regardless of Covid-19 status—made? How far have policy makers and politicians consulted those who have experience and expertise on the secondary effects of lockdowns, social isolation measures and movement restrictions? We attempted to address these questions with a rapid analysis of 24 countries’ Covid-19 task force compositions. The countries were selected to represent a range of geographies and income levels. As far as possible, we focused on governance bodies set up or activated to give scientific, or evidence-based, advice to … |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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