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Responding to COVID-19 in Urban Settings : Emerging Evidence, Lessons, and a Look Ahead / Gandham N.V. Ramana.
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Ramana, Gandham N.V.
- Series:
- Health, Nutrition and Population (HNP) Discussion Papers.
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Coronavirus.
- COVID-19.
- Disease Control and Prevention.
- Health and Poverty.
- Health Service Management and Delivery.
- Health Systems Development and Reform.
- Health, Nutrition and Population.
- Public Health Promotion.
- Urbanization.
- Local Subjects:
- Coronavirus.
- COVID-19.
- Disease Control and Prevention.
- Health and Poverty.
- Health Service Management and Delivery.
- Health Systems Development and Reform.
- Health, Nutrition and Population.
- Public Health Promotion.
- Urbanization.
- Other Title:
- Responding to COVID-19 in Urban Settings
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2021.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- Metropolitan areas drive economies, yet the same elements that contribute to economic growth, such as industrialization accompanied by migrant influx, result in overcrowding and poor housing and sanitation. These factors, coupled with intensive international connectivity, make cities extremely vulnerable to pandemics. Experiences from New York and Sno Paulo show that complex administrative structures; conflicting messages from federal, state, and city governments; human resource shortages; supply chain mismanagement; weak coordination between hospitals and public health systems; and poor linkages with the private sector are all limiting factors of a comprehensive pandemic response. COVID-19 has seriously impacted the delivery of essential health services, especially in cities, where the private sector and public hospitals deliver a significant share of primary care. COVID-19 also presents a major public mental health challenge both for health professionals and the public.
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