Origins of the COVID-19 pandemic and the path forward a global public health policy perspective

Although the world has experienced pandemics before, including several in the last fifteen years,1 the COVID-19 pandemic has caused an unprecedented global public health crisis. The synergy among multiple factors—including the relative ease of transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the failure to identify and contain early outbreaks of COVID-19, and the at times fraught relationship between political and public health priorities—has fundamentally jolted the world order. What began as a local outbreak in Wuhan, China, rapidly expanded to impact private and public sectors throughout the world, including governments at every level, across a host of domains. The phrase “COVID-19 crisis” has evolved to become shorthand for challenges to health care systems, labor markets, supply chains, and even geopolitics.

• Tipo de recurso: Part of book
• Fecha de publicación: 2020
• Institución: Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano
• Repositorio: Expeditio: repositorio UTadeo
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:expeditiorepositorio.utadeo.edu.co:20.500.12010/15643
• Acceso en línea: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12010/15643
• Palabra clave: COVID-19; Pandemic; Path forward; COVID-19 (Enfermedad) -- Aspectos sociales; Epidemias -- Aspectos sociales; Salud pública
• License: Abierto (Texto Completo)