Authoritative insights by 2020 PEAH contributors added steam to debate on how to settle the conflicting issues that still impair equitable access to health by discriminated population settings worldwide
by Daniele Dionisio*
PEAH – Policies for Equitable Access to Health
2020: a Year in Review through PEAH Contributors’ Takes
Now that ill-fated 2020 just went by – and all of us hope we can finally put its COVID nightmare on the back burner – let me express deep gratitude to the top thinkers, stakeholders and academics who generously contributed articles over the year. Their enthusiasm and commitment meant a lot to PEAH scope and aims, while adding steam to debate on how to settle the conflicting issues that still impair equitable access to health by discriminated population settings worldwide.
Find out below the relevant links:
Fair Research Contracting – Key to Promoting Solidarity for Science and Development in a post-COVID-19 World by Carel IJsselmuiden, Kirsty Kaiser, Abigail Wilkinson, Farirai Mutenherwa
Covid-19 VIRAT and VRAF Country Assessment Tool: The Need of the Hour by Tanushree Mondal
Rebuilding Trust and Compassion in a Covid-19 World by George Lueddeke
The Case for Relational Quality Improvement in Health by Maria Kordowicz
Access to Opioid Analgesics for Medical Purposes: a Global Unbalance by Raffaella Ravinetto
Economic Growth, Accessibility, and COVID-19: a Policy Analysis Examining a Decade of Greater Alcohol Liberalization in Ontario by Yipeng Ge, Elspeth McTavish, Rohit Vijh, Lawrence Loh
Whistling Past the Graveyard of Dreams: Hard Truths About the Likely Post-Pandemic World by Ted Schrecker
The State of Oregon’s COVID-19 Response by Susan M. Severance
Rapid Assessment on the Impact of COVID-19 among Female Sex Workers, Adolescent Girls and Young Women, and Women Living with HIV & AIDS in Uganda by AWAC-Alliance of Women Advocating for Change
The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Health Service Delivery Systems in Uganda by Zziwa Joshua and Bukenya Denis Joseph
Politics and the Myths Around COVID-19 Pandemic Affecting the Right to Health by Bukenya Denis Joseph and Zziwa Joshua
Africa’s Innovative COVID-19 Response: The Africa Medical Supplies Platform by Chiamaka P. Ojiako
Barriers For Migrants by Chamid Sulchan
Migrants in Need: COVID-19 and the Impact on Labor Migrants’ Health, Income, Food and Travel by Olga Shelevakho and Helena Arntz
Toto Care Box: Enhancing Maternal and Newborn Health in Kenya by Reagun Andera Odhiambo
Contribution of the COVID-19 Crisis to Teenage Pregnancy Upsurge: a Case of Mukuru Kayaba Slums, Nairobi Kenya by Reagun Andera Odhiambo
Substantial Aspects of Health Equity During and After COVID-19 Pandemic: A Critical Review by Erfan Shamsoddin
The Future Path of U.S. Clinical Research: Bridging Geographic Diversity by Nicole Jarosinski
How to Survive COVID-19: Now and the Future by Subhash Hira, Sudhanshu Malhotra, Santosh Gupta, Kaamila Patherya
An Economic Prescription for U.S. Healthcare: On Combining Capitalism, Socialism and Sports Competition by Larry J. Pipes
On Reforming U.S. Healthcare by Larry J. Pipes
Health Care Reform in The United States: a Call to Action by Susan M. Severance
Labour Migrants in Russia and their Needs by Chamid Sulchan
How Prepared is Africa for the COVID-19 Pandemic Response? The Case of Ethiopia by Garumma Tolu Feyissa, Lemi Belay Tolu, Alex Ezeh
Financing Biologic Product in Canada by Malek Ayoub
Diseases Are Neglected by the Pharmaceutical Industry by Luciana M.N. Lopes and Alan Rossi Silva
Reflections on the COVID-19 Crisis: Smart Lockdown by Muhammad Usman Khan
Back to Basics – Lessons Learnt from COVID-19 Pandemic by Meenakumari Natarajan
Postscript – The World at Risk: Covid-19, Global Sustainability and 1 HOPE by George Lueddeke
No Exit? The United Kingdom’s Probable Russian Future by Ted Schrecker
COVID-19 Impact on the Pharmaceutical Industry: Major Challenges and the Way Forward by Aboli Mandurnekar
Implications of Covid-19 Pandemic on Health Systems by Francisco Becerra-Posada
Interventions to Curb Covid-19 Spread in a Low-Income Country: Feasibility Challenges by Gertrude Masembe
Plague and Depression in the Just-In-Time World by Ted Schrecker
Pharmaceutical Business in Somalia by Mohamed Said Alì
The World at Risk: Covid-19, Global Sustainability and 1 HOPE by George Lueddeke
Il Rischio ed i Danni dell’Amianto nella Società, nei Media e nella Letteratura di Francesco Carnevale
Increasing Uptake of Vasectomy as a Family Planning Method in Uganda by Amon Mulyowa
Ten Propositions for Global Sustainability by George Lueddeke
WHAT SHOULD BE A PRIMARY CARE? by Olga Shelevakho
Public Health or Poverty Alleviation? What are Mosquito Nets for? by Gertrude Masembe
Assessment of Private Wing in Public Hospitals: The Case of St. Paul Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by Fitsum Girma Habte, Yemisirach Abeje, Girmaye Tamrat Bogale
Coronavirus – Early Responses by Rosemary Barber-Madden
Development Cooperation: Concerns and Emerging Challenges by Michael Ssemakula
HIV Is Not a Verdict: I Love Every Minute of My Life by Olga Shelevakho
The University in the early Decades of the Third Millennium: Saving the World from itself? by George Lueddeke
Mitigating and Adapting to the Effects of Climate Change on Health in the Suburbs Through Adaptations in the Built Environment by Debbie Brace, Vanessa Kishimoto, Michelle A. Quaye, Mike Benusic, Louise Aubin, Lawrence C. Loh
Making Nutrition and Health More Equitable within Inequitable Societies by Claudio Schuftan
The contributions highlighted above add to PEAH internal posts published throughout the year. Find the links below:
LA SANITA’ AI TEMPI DEL CORONAVIRUS di Marco Geddes da Filicaia review by Daniele Dionisio
Italy Experience with COVID-19 by Daniele Dionisio
Interview to Ms. Gloria Nirere, Menstrual Health Management Trainer in Uganda by Daniele Dionisio
Moreover, as part of PEAH scope and aims, the column titled ‘Focus on: Uganda’s Health Issues‘ continued to serve as an observatory of challenging health issues in Uganda from a comprehensive view encompassing the policies, strategies and practices of all involved actors.
In the meantime, our weekly page PEAH News Flash has been serving as a one year-long point of reference for PEAH contents, while turning the spotlight on the latest challenges by trade and governments rules to the equitable access to health in resource-limited settings.
Eventually, a new PEAH: In the Public Eye column was set up during the year as a gathering place for PEAH quotations from everywhere.
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*Daniele Dionisio is a member of the European Parliament Working Group on Innovation, Access to Medicines and Poverty-Related Diseases. Former director of the Infectious Disease Division at the Pistoia City Hospital (Italy), Dionisio is Head of the research project PEAH – Policies for Equitable Access to Health. He may be reached at:
d.dionisio@tiscali.it https://twitter.com/DanieleDionisio https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniele-dionisio-67032053 https://www.facebook.com/PEAH51/?modal=admin_todo_tour
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