COVID-19: Investing in country capacity to bridge science, policy and action

BMJ Global Health

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2021, Pages

  Kuchenmüller, Tanja ^a   Reeder, John C ^a   Reveiz, Ludovic ^b   Tomson, Goran ^c,d   El Jardali, Fadi ^e   Lavis, John N ^f,g   Rashidian, Arash ^h   Reinap, Marge ^a   Grove, John T ^a   Swaminathan, Soumya ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^e AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^f MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe ^*  (Egypt)

Author keywords

COVID 19; health policy; health systems

Indexed keywords

CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; DECISION MAKING; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; PANDEMIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 85100945612     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20597908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-005012     Document Type: Editorial

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