From disease- to people-centred pandemic management: organized communities, community-oriented primary care and health information systems

• Main Authors: Christine Leyns (Author), Sara Willems (Author), Richard A. Powell (Author), Vivian Camacho (Author), Ricardo Fabrega (Author), Jan De Maeseneer (Author), Salman Rawaf (Author), Punam Mangtani (Author), Austen El-Osta (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the health equity gap between and within countries. Western countries were the first to receive vaccines and mortality was higher among socially deprived, minority and indigenous populations. Surprisingly, many sub-Saharan countries reported low exce...