In WHO global pulse survey, 90% of countries report disruptions to essential health services since COVID-19 pandemic WHO to roll out learning and monitoring tools to improve service provision during pandemic
The World Health Organization (WHO) today published a first indicative survey on the impact of COVID-19 on health systems based on 105 countries’ reports.
Data collected from five regions over the period from March to June 2020 illustrate that almost every country (90%) experienced disruption to its health services, with low- and middle-income countries reporting the greatest difficulties.
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大多数国家报告说，许多常规和可选服务已暂停。
Most countries reported that many routine and elective services have been suspended, while critical care - such as cancer screening and treatment and HIV therapy – has seen high-risk interruptions in low-income countries.
"The survey shines a light on the cracks in our health systems, but it also serves to inform new strategies to improve healthcare provision during the pandemic and beyond,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General.
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COVID-19疫情应成为所有国家记住的教训，卫生健康不是非此即彼的等式。
"COVID-19 should be a lesson to all countries that health is not an ‘either-or’ equation.
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我们必须更好地防范突发事件，同时不断投资发展卫生系统，使之完全响应人民在整个生命历程中的需求”。
We must better prepare for emergencies but also keep investing in health systems that fully respond to people’s needs throughout the life course."
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服务全面受到影响：根据主要信息来源的报告，在调查的25类服务中，各国平均有一半出现服务中断。
Services hit across the board: Based on reports from key informants, countries on average experienced disruptions in 50% of a set of 25 tracer services.
The most frequently disrupted areas reported included routine immunization – outreach services (70%) and facility-based services (61%), non-communicable diseases diagnosis and treatment (69%), family planning and contraception (68%), treatment for mental health disorders (61%), cancer diagnosis and treatment (55%).