The challenges of low and middle-income countries in healthcare management after COVID-19

More than two years after WHO declared the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak a pandemic, a year after deploying the first COVID vaccine, and as we approach nearly 6.5 million infection-related deaths1, we wonder, as Brazilian front-line physicians, what are the lessons we should have learned. Ac...

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Autores: Antonio, Ana Carolina Peçanha, Jesus-Silva, Seleno Glauber de
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:Brasil
Institución:Hospital de Clínicas de Itajubá
Repositorio:Revista Ciências em Saúde
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.portalrcs.hcitajuba.org.br:article/1363
Acceso en línea:https://portalrcs.hcitajuba.org.br/index.php/rcsfmit_zero/article/view/1363
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:COVID
Healthcare
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Sumario:More than two years after WHO declared the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak a pandemic, a year after deploying the first COVID vaccine, and as we approach nearly 6.5 million infection-related deaths1, we wonder, as Brazilian front-line physicians, what are the lessons we should have learned. Accordingly, healthcare was the first of all systems affected by COVID-19, particularly in developing nations. Despite the additional costs of unemployment, supply chain disturbances, finance expenses to support businesses, and millions of children deprived of education, we still witness the abundance of daily clinical practices of low-value care, failed public health policies, and scientific researches of controversial relevance and not centered in the patient.