Learning from the Italian experience in coping with COVID-19

Carvalho, Anna Cristina Calçada; Kritski, Afrânio Lineu

doi:10.1590/0037-8682-0199-2020

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“…The ‘Milan does not stop’ campaign, for example, ignored the isolation instructions from WHO in an attempt to prevent the economy from collapsing 22 . After losing control of the disease spread, a lockdown began on March 9 and lasted until May 18 27 , 28 .…”

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Brazil: the emerging epicenter of COVID-19 pandemic

Neiva

Carvalho

Filho

et al. 2020

Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop.

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Introduction: Five months after the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Brazil, the country has the second highest number of cases in the world. Without any scientifically proven drug or vaccine available combined with COVID-19's high transmissivity, slowing down the spread of the infection is a challenge. In an attempt to save the economy, the Brazilian government is slowly beginning to allow nonessential services to reopen for in-person customers. Methods: In this study, we analyze, based on data analysis and statistics, how other countries evolve and under which conditions they decided to resume normal activity. In addition, due to the heterogeneity of Brazil, we explore Brazilian data of COVID-19 from the State Health Secretaries to evaluate the situation of the pandemic within the states. Results: Results show that while other countries have flattened their curves and present low numbers of active cases, Brazil continues to see an increase in COVID-19 patients. Furthermore, a number of important states are easing restrictions despite a high percentage of confirmed cases. Conclusions: All analyses show that Brazil is not ready for reopening, and the premature easing of restrictions may increase the number of COVID-19-related deaths and cause the collapse of the public health system.

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Brazil: the emerging epicenter of COVID-19 pandemic

Neiva

Carvalho

Filho

et al. 2020

Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop.

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“…Neverthless, in Brazil, contradictory messages from political leaders, delay in a uniform and controlled adoption of containment and mitigation measures, and poor preparation of the health system made the con rmed cases of COVID-19 increase extreme rapidly. [33] Quarantine measures in these ve countries were similar but differentiated regarding time and population coverage. As a result, their COVID-19 pandemic control outcome was distinctive from one another.…”

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Learning From COVID-19: A Systems Approach for Public Health Governance

Liu

Wu²,

Huang³

2020

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The COVID-19 spread very quickly worldwide, which has resulted in a global pandemic. All countries in the world have taken measures for the purpose of preventing and controlling the epidemic. China for example, has control the spread effectively, while the Unite States, Brazil and India are still striving to cope with the increasing COVID-19 confirmed cases. The epidemic has impacted the whole world, also revealing quite a lot problems of urban health governance in different countries. This commentary reviews the pandemic response measures in selected countries such as China, Italy, America, Brail and India. On the basis of critical reflection on the problems incurred in each country's pandemic response, we further provide a theoretical framework to reconceptualise public health as multiple types of economic goods. We couple this reconceptualisation with the systems approach to urban health and wellbeing to offer new thinking on the governance of public health. Finally, we propose suggestions for better, preventative and comprehensive epidemic prevention and public health governance.

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“…Italy was faced with having to decide who would receive treatment based on survival probability (11). Due to the large number of older people, nursing homes became high-risk locations and the country ensured to protect their most vulnerable population by avoiding contact with family members to reduce the risk (12).…”

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“…However, the rapid spread was caused by other factors that include misinformation about the risks and spread, the delay of social isolation restrictions, and the management of probable cases (12). Two of the wealthiest regions, Lombardy and Veneto, experienced the spread of the disease in varying degrees, with Lombardy experiencing rapid expansion of the virus (13).…”

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Organizational learning—COVID-19 experience: innovative global practices for improving patient care in crisis response

Muskopf¹,

Sudan²,

Verdooner³

et al. 2021

J Hosp Manag Health Policy

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Across human history, civilizations have responded to disasters and outbreaks of disease with increasingly complex, systematic approaches as a means of organizing chaos and protecting human life. The SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic provides a unique opportunity to learn from the practice of disaster management and crisis-driven changes to patient care processes in hospital and emergent care environments worldwide. COVID-19 acts as an accelerant for process change and the need for redesign in systems where classical, linear evaluation methods most often inform carefully implemented service improvements. Strikingly, many innovative approaches and valuable lessons come from all over the globe where technology and access to resources have been most limited. This article answers the question, what can we learn about how to respond to future disasters from the evolution of disaster management as performed by helping professionals and policymakers during the past hundred-plus years and best practices seen today?Macro practitioners have co-created unique approaches within several global communities to help cope with COVID-19 and other disasters despite limited resources and seemingly unlimited needs. Referencing existing case studies of patient care responses during COVID-19 in Italy, Nigeria, South Africa, South Korea, and the United States, the authors document innovative practices and use of diverse technologies in local patient care systems. The article concludes by suggesting best practices for designing more robust, adaptive, and crisis ready responses to patient care, as well as the use of developmental evaluation as an agile approach to evaluating and improving patient services. It also suggests roles that helping professionals can play in the translation of big data systems of disaster management from organizations such as the Center for Disease Control, World Health Organization, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and selected think tanks, among others.

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Learning from the Italian experience in coping with COVID-19

Cited by 7 publications

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Brazil: the emerging epicenter of COVID-19 pandemic

Brazil: the emerging epicenter of COVID-19 pandemic

Learning From COVID-19: A Systems Approach for Public Health Governance

Organizational learning—COVID-19 experience: innovative global practices for improving patient care in crisis response

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