Which health services in humanitarian settings should we NOT provide during COVID-19?
BCEPS researcher Kjell Arne Johansson participated in an international panel discussion hosted by the Geneva Centre of Humanitarian 大象传媒 on 11 November 2020.
Which health services in humanitarian settings should we NOT provide during COVID-19?
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The panel discussion, hosted by the and co-organised by the , , and the at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, was a follow-up to the BMJ Global Health paper on "120 essential health interventions to protect during the pandemic" published in October 2020.
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Together with representatives from the World Health Organisation (WHO), Geneva Centre for Humanitarian 大象传媒, the International Committee of the Red Cross, and M茅decins Sans Fronti猫res International, BCEPS researcher Kjell Arne Johansson discussed the options of which health services could be halted or postponed in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The discussion focussed particularly on the element of urgency in the provision of health services in humanitarian settings as well as considerations of cost-effectiveness in the process of priority setting.
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