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Response to COVID-19

COVID-19 – A Trigger for Policy Implementation, Economic and Socio-Cultural Behaviour Change in Uganda

  • July 10, 2020

Uganda started implementing lockdown measures on March 20, 2020 and fully implemented a lockdown on March 30, 2020. It was at this point that all Ugandans started feeling the impact of this pandemic. Following the lockdown, there was an urgent demand food and other life necessities.
Response to COVID-19

Kenya’s Response to COVID-19

  • July 2, 2020

The Government of Kenya largely adopted ‘containment’ as the strategy in the fight against COVID-19. After the confirmation of the first case in the country, the government’s immediate reaction was instituting policy measures and behavioural protocols aimed at averting the spread of the virus especially into the rural areas where most of the senior citizens reside.  
Response to COVID-19

Pakistan’s Humanitarian Response Plan for COVID-19

  • June 30, 2020

Pakistan is finalizing its annual budget 2020-21 in which healthcare has been considered for the first time in its history as a top priority area. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Pakistan used to spend around 2% of the GDP on the health sector, five times less than the global average of 10% spending on health.
Response to COVID-19

Build a Welfare State During Ordinary Times to Survive Pandemic Times: Lessons from Italy

  • June 24, 2020

In all policies to fight COVID-19, there should be a strong involvement of scientists, especially epidemiologists and virologists, in the decision-making process along with politicians. Politicians’ role should be confined to addressing facts, making timely decisions based on science and helping the vulnerable.
Response to COVID-19

Beyond the Hype: Understanding how Kerala is Handling COVID-19

  • May 11, 2020

Kerala government became alert and pro-active to meet the COVID-19 emergency before most other Indian states. The experience of handling the Nipah virus last year may have sounded an alarm to the administration. So, when the infection started spreading in Wuhan (China), Kerala could foresee the arrival of the virus into the state.
Response to COVID-19

Odisha’s Fight against COVID-19

  • May 5, 2020

The state has shown some first of its kind actions to handle the COVID-19 pandemic. This could be seen as the state’s learning from handling natural disasters year after year. During and post these disasters, the state has already been credited with management resulting in zero human and cattle loss. The same passion, commitment, proactiveness is visible in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

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