Earthquake rebuilding and response to COVID-19 in Nepal, a country nestled in multiple crises

In 2015, Nepal’s two earthquakes claimed 9000 lives and left 23 000 injured, and surprisingly profound and sustained impacts on health system persisted even after five years of earthquakes [3,4]. [...]mobility restriction against COVID-19 has put a tremendous pressure on poor and vulnerable populati...

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Published in:Journal of global health 2020-12, Vol.10 (2), p.020367-020367
Main Authors: Adhikari, Bipin, Ozaki, Akihiko, Marahatta, Sujan Babu, Rijal, Komal Raj, Mishra, Shiva Raj
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Betacoronavirus
Breast surgery
Coronavirus Infections - economics
Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology
Coronaviruses
Corruption
COVID-19
Delivery of Health Care - organization & administration
Delivery of Health Care - statistics & numerical data
Disease transmission
Earthquakes
Embargoes & blockades
GDP
Global health
Gross Domestic Product
Health Services Accessibility - organization & administration
Health Services Accessibility - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Infectious diseases
Malaria
Microbiology
Mortality
Nepal - epidemiology
Pandemics
Pandemics - economics
Pneumonia, Viral - economics
Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology
Population
Poverty
Private sector
Public health
Remittances
SARS-CoV-2
Seismic activity
Viewpoints
Vulnerable Populations - statistics & numerical data
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Summary:In 2015, Nepal’s two earthquakes claimed 9000 lives and left 23 000 injured, and surprisingly profound and sustained impacts on health system persisted even after five years of earthquakes [3,4]. [...]mobility restriction against COVID-19 has put a tremendous pressure on poor and vulnerable population who struggle with the daily wage for food in Nepal. The constraints in human and material resources to fight against the current pandemic have already echoed into public health care sectors; and without private sector’s engagement it is likely to exhaust the health system’s capacity [7]. Immediate measures are required to support the health system including strategies to curb the COVID-19 pandemic and maintain the rebuilding for future. 1 Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK 2 Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Bangkok, Thailand 3 Department of Breast Surgery, Jyoban Hospital of Tokiwa Foundation, Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan 4 Manmohan Memorial Institute of Health Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal 5 Nepal Open University, Lalitpur, Nepal 6 Central Department of Microbiology, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal 7 Nepal Development Society, Chitwan, Nepal
ISSN:2047-2978
2047-2986
DOI:10.7189/jogh.10.020367