Mitigating the Impact of COVID-19 and Strengthening Health Systems in the Middle East and North Africa

Almost every country in the Middle East and North Africa (MNA) region is faced with the increasing significant burden imposed by Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) on their health systems. The focus thus far has been on executing emergency interventions t...

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Main Authors:	Duran, Denizhan, Menon, Rekha
Format:	Policy Note
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:	CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC RESPONSE HEALTH SERVICES SERVICE DELIVERY HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE IMMUNIZATION HEALTH FINANCE HEALTH EXPENDITURE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/903861595914276418/Mitigating-the-Impact-of-COVID-19-and-Strengthening-Health-Systems-in-the-Middle-East-and-North-Africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34238

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spelling	okr-10986-342382021-05-25T09:51:29Z Mitigating the Impact of COVID-19 and Strengthening Health Systems in the Middle East and North Africa Duran, Denizhan Menon, Rekha CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC RESPONSE HEALTH SERVICES SERVICE DELIVERY HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE IMMUNIZATION HEALTH FINANCE HEALTH EXPENDITURE Almost every country in the Middle East and North Africa (MNA) region is faced with the increasing significant burden imposed by Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) on their health systems. The focus thus far has been on executing emergency interventions to prevent, detect, and respond to the COVID-19 epidemic. COVID-19 models for MNA countries indicate that the epidemic is far from its peak, indicating the emergency will remain for the foreseeable future and result in a reduction in demand for essential non-COVID-19 health services. MNA countries have a wide range of at-risk populations, which necessitate a longer-term, health system-wide approach to managing the COVID-19 pandemic in addition to the emergency projects prepared. This note describes the impact of COVID-19 on the health systems of countries in the MNA region as well as ways to mitigate this impact. It presents options to mitigate this impact, across relief, response, and recovery phases. This note presents a starting point for discussions across the region for priority health system strengthening areas. 2020-07-29T18:32:33Z 2020-07-29T18:32:33Z 2020-07-28 Policy Note http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/903861595914276418/Mitigating-the-Impact-of-COVID-19-and-Strengthening-Health-Systems-in-the-Middle-East-and-North-Africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34238 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note Middle East and North Africa
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topic	CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC RESPONSE HEALTH SERVICES SERVICE DELIVERY HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE IMMUNIZATION HEALTH FINANCE HEALTH EXPENDITURE
spellingShingle	CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC RESPONSE HEALTH SERVICES SERVICE DELIVERY HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE IMMUNIZATION HEALTH FINANCE HEALTH EXPENDITURE Duran, Denizhan Menon, Rekha Mitigating the Impact of COVID-19 and Strengthening Health Systems in the Middle East and North Africa
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description	Almost every country in the Middle East and North Africa (MNA) region is faced with the increasing significant burden imposed by Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) on their health systems. The focus thus far has been on executing emergency interventions to prevent, detect, and respond to the COVID-19 epidemic. COVID-19 models for MNA countries indicate that the epidemic is far from its peak, indicating the emergency will remain for the foreseeable future and result in a reduction in demand for essential non-COVID-19 health services. MNA countries have a wide range of at-risk populations, which necessitate a longer-term, health system-wide approach to managing the COVID-19 pandemic in addition to the emergency projects prepared. This note describes the impact of COVID-19 on the health systems of countries in the MNA region as well as ways to mitigate this impact. It presents options to mitigate this impact, across relief, response, and recovery phases. This note presents a starting point for discussions across the region for priority health system strengthening areas.
format	Policy Note
author	Duran, Denizhan Menon, Rekha
author_facet	Duran, Denizhan Menon, Rekha
author_sort	Duran, Denizhan
title	Mitigating the Impact of COVID-19 and Strengthening Health Systems in the Middle East and North Africa
title_short	Mitigating the Impact of COVID-19 and Strengthening Health Systems in the Middle East and North Africa
title_full	Mitigating the Impact of COVID-19 and Strengthening Health Systems in the Middle East and North Africa
title_fullStr	Mitigating the Impact of COVID-19 and Strengthening Health Systems in the Middle East and North Africa
title_full_unstemmed	Mitigating the Impact of COVID-19 and Strengthening Health Systems in the Middle East and North Africa
title_sort	mitigating the impact of covid-19 and strengthening health systems in the middle east and north africa
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2020
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/903861595914276418/Mitigating-the-Impact-of-COVID-19-and-Strengthening-Health-Systems-in-the-Middle-East-and-North-Africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34238
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Mitigating the Impact of COVID-19 and Strengthening Health Systems in the Middle East and North Africa

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