Adhikary, P., Balen, J. orcid.org/0000-0002-4736-8465, Gautam, S. et al. (11 more authors) (2021) COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal: Emerging evidence on the effectiveness of action by, and cooperation between, different levels of government in a federal system. Journal of Karnali Academy of Health Sciences, 3 (3). pp. 1-11. ISSN 2616-0064
Abstract
A new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused by a novel pathogen (SARS-CoV-2) spread rapidly around the world in the early months of 2020, and was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 11 March. COVID-19 has, and continues to have, large implications for individuals, societies, and for national health systems across the globe. Due to its novelty and impact, it has challenged all health care systems where the virus has taken hold.
The ways in which governments and health systems have responded have varied widely across the world. In the case of Nepal, the pandemic represented a major test for the newly decentralised health system, created as a result of the implementation of the 2015 federal constitution. This paper, which forms a part of our large on-going study of the decentralisation of the health system in the country, presents some of the early evidence on the effectiveness of the actions taken by Federal, Provincial and Local Governments and the levels of cooperation and coordination between them.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 Authors. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) |
Keywords: | Health systems; COVID-19; decentralisation; political science; health care |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health (Sheffield) > School of Health and Related Research (Sheffield) > ScHARR - Sheffield Centre for Health and Related Research The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Politics and International Relations (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL MR/T023554/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 09 Feb 2021 15:44 |
Last Modified: | 11 Feb 2021 05:34 |
Published Version: | https://jkahs.org.np/jkahs/index.php/jkahs/article... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Karnali Academy of Health Sciences |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:170025 |