The Role of Belize's Primary Health Care System in Pandemic Preparedness and Response
While the incidence of COVID-19 in Belize has subsided, the lasting healthand economic impacts caused by the pandemic have demonstrated theneed to build a resilient health system. The most recent figures from theStatistical institute of Belize confirm that there have been over 60,000cases and 678 deaths due to COVID-19. Additionally, a rapid phone surveyof over 2,000 households, conducted between December 2021 and January2023, found that 20.6 percent and 26.8 percent of respondents reportedlosing their job permanently or temporarily, respectively, and an additional64 percent of respondents reported a reduction in their income duringpandemic. Ensuring the health system remains resilient to shocks is critical,especially given the pandemic's impacts on heath and the economy
Alternative title: | A Qualitative Study |
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Year of publication: |
2023
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Institutions: | World Bank Group |
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Washington, DC : World Bank |
Subject: | Gesundheitswesen | Health care system | Gesundheitspolitik | Health policy | Belize | Coronavirus | Basisgesundheitsversorgung | Primary health care | Epidemie | Epidemic |
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