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Urgent Need For Integrated Pandemic Policies On Pathogen Spillover, Pallavi A. Kache, Sonila Cook, Nigel Sizer, Lee Hannah, Neil M. Vora
Urgent Need For Integrated Pandemic Policies On Pathogen Spillover, Pallavi A. Kache, Sonila Cook, Nigel Sizer, Lee Hannah, Neil M. Vora
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Improving National Health Management Information Systems: Stakeholder Views In Selected Sub-Saharan African Countries, Marie Donaldson
Improving National Health Management Information Systems: Stakeholder Views In Selected Sub-Saharan African Countries, Marie Donaldson
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Reliable, quality health information is the foundation of measurement and decision making in the health sector. Effective health management information systems can help improve the quality and coverage of health services, aid in policy development, support program implementation, and increase the likelihood that a well-trained health work force with the infrastructure and resources needed to provide appropriate health services will be properly distributed and supplied. There is widespread global agreement that data is a powerful tool. Arming Ministry of Health officials with better access to higher quality data that they know how to use can help improve health services …
Slowing The Spread Of Covid-19: Review Of “Social Distancing” Interventions Deployed By Public Transit In The United States And Canada, Camille Kamga, Penny Eickemeyer
Slowing The Spread Of Covid-19: Review Of “Social Distancing” Interventions Deployed By Public Transit In The United States And Canada, Camille Kamga, Penny Eickemeyer
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This paper presents a review of social distancing measures deployed by transit agencies in the United States and Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic and discusses how specific operators across the two countries have implemented changes. Challenges and impacts on their operations are also provided.
Social distancing is one of the community mitigation measures traditionally implemented during influenza pandemics and the novel coronavirus pandemic. Research has shown that social distancing is effective in containing the spread of disease. This is applicable to the current situation with the novel coronavirus, given the lack of effective vaccines and treatments in the United States …