Volume 10, Supplement 1, February 2021

Recalibrating primary health care centered systems for universal health care in the new normal: lessons from COVID-19

ISSN 2224-3151

 

Editorial

The significance of primary health care for building back better: lessons from COVID-19

The primary health care situation

 

Health service delivery

Unpacking the service delivery function: COVID-19 provides an opportunity for some reverse thinking

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on immunization and surveillance of vaccine-preventable diseases in the WHO South-East Asia Region

Redesigning routine antenatal care in low-resource settings during the COVID-19 pandemic

Roles of community health workers in advancing health security and resilient health systems: emerging lessons from the COVID-19 response in the South-East Asia Region

Access to medicines

Decentralization of India Hypertension Control Initiative services to maintain continuum of care for hypertensive patients during COVID-19 pandemic in Telangana

Health financing

Pandemic preparedness requires better regulation and stewardship of private providers that dominate provision of primary health care

Financing health in the new normal: issues and opportunities

Financing health care in the WHO South-East Asia Region: time for a reset

Human resources for health

Deep impacts of COVID-19: overcoming challenges in strengthening primary health care by targeting the health workforce

Implementing a decade of strengthening the health workforce in the WHO South-East Asia Region: achievements and way forward for primary health care

Health and information technology

Using the SCORE for Health Data Technical Package to strengthen primary health care

Shift to digital during the pandemic could enable universal health coverage

Maintaining essential health services during the pandemic in Bangladesh: the role of primary health care supported by routine health information system