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. 2021 Apr 9;2(4):369-373.
doi: 10.1016/j.medj.2021.02.008. Epub 2021 Mar 3.

Can COVID-19 innovations and systems help low- and middle-income countries to re-imagine healthcare delivery?

Senjuti Saha  1 , Madhukar Pai  2
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Can COVID-19 innovations and systems help low- and middle-income countries to re-imagine healthcare delivery?

Senjuti Saha et al. Med. .

Abstract

Several low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) have responded to COVID-19 much better than expected-despite little help from high-income nations. LMICs can learn from the COVID-19 experience and re-imagine healthcare delivery. Using Bangladesh and India as examples, we explain how COVID-19 investments and systems can be leveraged to fight endemic infectious diseases.

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The authors declare no competing interests.

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Bangladeshi scientists engaged in SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance Scientists in Bangladesh celebrating the arrival of a new next-generation sequencing machine in the midst of the pandemic to enhance SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance (source: Dr. Senjuti Saha, with consent of the scientists photographed).
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