The impact of COVID-19 on public health systems in the Pacific Island Countries and Territories
Summary: The Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs) have experienced the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in different ways and with different timelines, with some experiencing large outbreaks leading to high levels of morbidity and mortality with significant strain on health system...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Elsevier
2022-08-01
|
| Series: | The Lancet Regional Health. Western Pacific |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666606522001134 |
| _version_ | 1811334617822658560 |
|---|---|
| author | Leila Bell Caroline van Gemert Onofre Edwin Merilles, Jr Haley L. Cash Mark Stoové Margaret Hellard |
| author_facet | Leila Bell Caroline van Gemert Onofre Edwin Merilles, Jr Haley L. Cash Mark Stoové Margaret Hellard |
| author_sort | Leila Bell |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Summary: The Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs) have experienced the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in different ways and with different timelines, with some experiencing large outbreaks leading to high levels of morbidity and mortality with significant strain on health systems, while others have had no local transmission or delayed transmission until after vaccine rollouts started. Regardless of COVID-19 trends, the pandemic has had a large impact on the social, political, and economic landscape in the Pacific, the effects of which are still being understood. However, the pandemic has also put renewed focus and investment into public health systems and provided an opportunity for the PICTs to build on existing systems and recent capacity strengthening to improve public health in the Region. Funding: Leila Bell was supported by an Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarship. Other funding sources had no role in paper design, data collection, data analysis, interpretation, or writing of the paper. |
| first_indexed | 2024-04-13T17:10:47Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-4211b0d8f25d4b52802a5e8e9f867697 |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 2666-6065 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-04-13T17:10:47Z |
| publishDate | 2022-08-01 |
| publisher | Elsevier |
| record_format | Article |
| series | The Lancet Regional Health. Western Pacific |
| spelling | doaj.art-4211b0d8f25d4b52802a5e8e9f8676972022-12-22T02:38:17ZengElsevierThe Lancet Regional Health. Western Pacific2666-60652022-08-0125100498The impact of COVID-19 on public health systems in the Pacific Island Countries and TerritoriesLeila Bell0Caroline van Gemert1Onofre Edwin Merilles, Jr2Haley L. Cash3Mark Stoové4Margaret Hellard5Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Australia; School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; Corresponding author.Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Australia; The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia; Vanuatu Health Program, Port Vila, VanuatuThe Pacific Community, Nouméa, New CaledoniaPacific Island Health Officers Association, Honolulu, HI, USABurnet Institute, Melbourne, Australia; School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, AustraliaBurnet Institute, Melbourne, Australia; School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Infectious Diseases, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Australia; Doherty Institute and School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, AustraliaSummary: The Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs) have experienced the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in different ways and with different timelines, with some experiencing large outbreaks leading to high levels of morbidity and mortality with significant strain on health systems, while others have had no local transmission or delayed transmission until after vaccine rollouts started. Regardless of COVID-19 trends, the pandemic has had a large impact on the social, political, and economic landscape in the Pacific, the effects of which are still being understood. However, the pandemic has also put renewed focus and investment into public health systems and provided an opportunity for the PICTs to build on existing systems and recent capacity strengthening to improve public health in the Region. Funding: Leila Bell was supported by an Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarship. Other funding sources had no role in paper design, data collection, data analysis, interpretation, or writing of the paper.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666606522001134COVID-19Pacific Island Countries and TerritoriesPublic healthSystem strengthening |
| spellingShingle | Leila Bell Caroline van Gemert Onofre Edwin Merilles, Jr Haley L. Cash Mark Stoové Margaret Hellard The impact of COVID-19 on public health systems in the Pacific Island Countries and Territories The Lancet Regional Health. Western Pacific COVID-19 Pacific Island Countries and Territories Public health System strengthening |
| title | The impact of COVID-19 on public health systems in the Pacific Island Countries and Territories |
| title_full | The impact of COVID-19 on public health systems in the Pacific Island Countries and Territories |
| title_fullStr | The impact of COVID-19 on public health systems in the Pacific Island Countries and Territories |
| title_full_unstemmed | The impact of COVID-19 on public health systems in the Pacific Island Countries and Territories |
| title_short | The impact of COVID-19 on public health systems in the Pacific Island Countries and Territories |
| title_sort | impact of covid 19 on public health systems in the pacific island countries and territories |
| topic | COVID-19 Pacific Island Countries and Territories Public health System strengthening |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666606522001134 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT leilabell theimpactofcovid19onpublichealthsystemsinthepacificislandcountriesandterritories AT carolinevangemert theimpactofcovid19onpublichealthsystemsinthepacificislandcountriesandterritories AT onofreedwinmerillesjr theimpactofcovid19onpublichealthsystemsinthepacificislandcountriesandterritories AT haleylcash theimpactofcovid19onpublichealthsystemsinthepacificislandcountriesandterritories AT markstoove theimpactofcovid19onpublichealthsystemsinthepacificislandcountriesandterritories AT margarethellard theimpactofcovid19onpublichealthsystemsinthepacificislandcountriesandterritories AT leilabell impactofcovid19onpublichealthsystemsinthepacificislandcountriesandterritories AT carolinevangemert impactofcovid19onpublichealthsystemsinthepacificislandcountriesandterritories AT onofreedwinmerillesjr impactofcovid19onpublichealthsystemsinthepacificislandcountriesandterritories AT haleylcash impactofcovid19onpublichealthsystemsinthepacificislandcountriesandterritories AT markstoove impactofcovid19onpublichealthsystemsinthepacificislandcountriesandterritories AT margarethellard impactofcovid19onpublichealthsystemsinthepacificislandcountriesandterritories |