The response to COVID-19 in Timor-Leste: lessons learnt

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作者
Francis, Joshua R. [1 ,2 ]
de Araujo, Rui Maria [1 ]
Viegas, Odete da Silva [1 ,3 ]
Lobo, Sergio [1 ]
Coelho, Danina [1 ]
Mathur, Arvind [1 ,4 ]
Bothra, Vinay [1 ,4 ]
Yu, Dongbao [1 ,4 ]
Draper, Anthony D. K. [2 ,5 ]
Yan, Jennifer [2 ]
Martins, Nelson [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Ctr Integrado Gestao Crises, Dili, Timor-Leste
[2] Charles Darwin Univ, Menzies Sch Hlth Res, Global & Trop Hlth Div, Dili, Timor-Leste
[3] Minist Saude, Dili, Timor-Leste
[4] WHO, Dili, Timor-Leste
[5] Natl Ctr Epidemiol & Populat Hlth, Canberra, ACT, Australia
来源
BMJ GLOBAL HEALTH | 2023年 / 8卷 / 10期
关键词
COVID-19; Health education and promotion; Health policy; Vaccines; Health systems; HEALTH; CHALLENGES; SARS-COV-2; IMPACT;
D O I
10.1136/bmjgh-2023-013573
中图分类号
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
The response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Timor-Leste offers lessons that may be useful for incorporating into future responses to infectious disease outbreaks in similar resource-limited settings. In this paper, we identify nine key areas for learning from Timor-Leste's experience of the COVID-19 pandemic: (1) the importance of prior preparation for health emergencies, (2) the establishment of effective leadership and governance structures, (3) the protective impact of early border restrictions, (4) the rapid expansion of diagnostic laboratory capacity, (5) the impact of effective health communications in supporting the vaccine roll-out, (6) the opportunity to build capacity for clinical care, (7) the use of public health interventions that were found to have limited public health impact, (8) the broader effects of the pandemic and the public health response and (9) translation of lessons from COVID-19 to other public health priorities.
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