Reliable energy and responsive built environment: the missing links in COVID-19 response in resource-limited settings

Abstract Irrespective of how the COVID-19 pandemic evolves over time across the globe, our past experiences with comparable zoonotic diseases demonstrate the significance of having resilient primary healthcare systems to successfully respond to public health emergencies. However, literature corrobor...

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Published in:Tropical Medicine and Health
Main Authors: Arvind Vashishta Rinkoo, Dinesh Songara, Arnika Sharma, Biswa Ranjan Patnaik, Rajesh Ranjan Singh, Rakesh Kumar Srivastava
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020
Subjects:
COVID-19
Energy insecurity
Built environment
Primary healthcare
Low- and middle-income countries
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-020-00255-2
https://doaj.org/article/4cff21a0f9584faaad0b621d8a6e7f41
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Summary:Abstract Irrespective of how the COVID-19 pandemic evolves over time across the globe, our past experiences with comparable zoonotic diseases demonstrate the significance of having resilient primary healthcare systems to successfully respond to public health emergencies. However, literature corroborates that in low- and middle-income countries, the primary healthcare systems are plagued with significant energy insecurity and inadequate built environment. These gaps in reliable energy and responsive built environment in primary healthcare systems are exacerbated during disruptive public health emergencies such as COVID-19. In this letter, we discuss the way forward to address these gaps and the policy and practical implications thereof.

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