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Review
. 2022 Jun 6;37(22):e174.
doi: 10.3346/jkms.2022.37.e174.

Global Health Strategies in the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Other Unprecedented Threats

Armen Yuri Gasparyan  1 , Ainur B Kumar  2 , Marlen Yessirkepov  3 , Olena Zimba  4 , Bekaidar Nurmashev  5 , George D Kitas  6   7
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Review

Global Health Strategies in the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Other Unprecedented Threats

Armen Yuri Gasparyan et al. J Korean Med Sci. .

Abstract

Global health is evolving as a discipline aiming at exploring needs and offering equitable health services for all people. Over the past four decades, several global initiatives have been introduced to improve the accessibility of primary health care (PHC) and solve most health issues at this level. Historically, the 1978 Alma-Ata and 2018 Astana Declarations were perhaps the most important documents for a comprehensive approach to PHC services across the world. With the introduction of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in 2015, developments in all spheres of human life and multi-sectoral cooperation became the essential action targets that could contribute to improved health, well-being, and safety of all people. Other global initiatives such as the Riyadh Declaration on Digital Health and São Paulo Declaration on Planetary Health called to urgent action to employ advanced digital technologies, improve health data processing, and invest more in research management. All these initiatives are put to the test in the face of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and other unprecedented threats to humanity.

Keywords: Digital Technology; Evidence-Based Medicine; Global Health; Goal 3 Good Health & Well-Being - UN SDG; Primary Health Care; Sustainable Development.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no potential conflicts of interest to disclose. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of any institution.

Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1. Revision of the hierarchy of evidence-based studies in view of their availability and quality as well as weight of bibliometric and altmetric values. The evidence pyramid can be accompanied by the reversed metrics pyramid. The lines between different categories of studies and metrics are blurred, pointing to their flexible placement.
Fig. 2
Fig. 2. Continuum of global health strategies.
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