Pakistan’s national COVID-19 response: lessons from an emergent response to the pandemic
Pakistan's experience offers valuable insights for proactive management of health emergencies in resource-limited settings. It underscores the necessity for inter-sectoral dialog and data-driven policy implementation, especially in the context of political economies where activity-driven governance often overshadows objective-driven policy execution. However, the lessons from the COVID-19 response, including a blueprint for future epidemic responses and lessons for use of data and evidence in developing country health systems, if not institutionalized, risk being lost in the post-pandemic era.
Authors
- Mujahid Abdullah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2923-0526)
- Twangar Kazmi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5430-3440)
- Faisal Sultan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2618-988X)
- Adnan Ahmad Khan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3816-3943)
- Aamir Ashraf Khawaja
- Shirin Aamir
- Romesa Khan
Institutions
- Institute of Business Leadership (PK)
- Ministry of National Health Services Regulation and Coordination (PK)
- Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Center (PK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Public Health
- Published
- 2024-08-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1379867
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.98
Funders
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation