Pakistan's national COVID-19 response: lessons from an emergent response to the pandemic

• Main Authors: Adnan Ahmad Khan (Author), Mujahid Abdullah (Author), Romesa Khan (Author), Twangar Kazmi (Author), Faisal Sultan (Author), Shirin Aamir (Author), Aamir Ashraf Khawaja (Author), Ayesha Khan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2024-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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IntroductionIn 2020, Pakistan faced the formidable challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic with an existing yet disjointed healthcare infrastructure, that included by over 18,000 public and an estimated 75,000 private health facilities and some elements of an epidemic surveillance and response system. Th...