Abhishek Joshi
Department of Community Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Demmed to be University), Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha, Maharashtra, IndiaPublications
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Review Article
Pandemic Preparedness and Response to COVID-19 in Developing Countries
Author(s): Shivani Solanki, Abhishek Joshi*, K Himabindu Reddy and Ashok Mehendale
Background: The situation in Low and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) is unstable, unpredictable, and limited by resources. India, a developing country, has launched a multifaceted response to the COVID-19 epidemic. Regardless of their real pandemic readiness, developing nations performed well in adjusting to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. COVID-19 death rates and proportions are lower than that of the world at large, despite a rise in the total cases when compared to the remainder of the globe. The COVID-19 outbreak, on the other hand, has highlighted fundamental flaws in the health-care system and stretched it. The region is tormented by a growing double burden of communicable and non-communicable illnesses, limited or inadequate access to excellent health care, pervasive poverty, and malnutrition. To fight this, the Ministry of Health and Fami.. Read More»