Impact of COVID‐19 on access to healthcare in low‐ and middle‐income countries: Current evidence and future recommendations
- 28 August 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in The International Journal of Health Planning and Management
- Vol. 36 (1), 13-17
- https://doi.org/10.1002/hpm.3067
Abstract
The COVID‐19 pandemic continues to be a major public health threat globally and low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs) are not an exception. The impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic is far‐reaching on many areas including but not limited to global health security, economic and healthcare delivery with a potential impact on access to healthcare in LMICs. We evaluate the impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on access to healthcare in LMICs, as well as plausible strategies that can be put in place to ensure that the delivery of healthcare is not halted. In order to mitigate the devastating effect of the COVID‐19 pandemic on the already weak health systems in LMICs, it is much necessary to reinforce and scale up interventions and proactive measures that will ensure that access to healthcare is not disrupted even in course of the pandemic.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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