POLICY
Two Takes on a Pandemic
Every nation has had its own experience of COVID-19. The stories of Denmark,
a model of socialized care, and Rwanda, a bright spot among developing
nations, both hold wider lessons for the world. by Linda Keslar //
Art by Image 1: Simon Wohlfahrt/Getty Images; Image 2: Claus Bjoern Larsen/Associated Press
IN SPRING 2020, WHEN the COVID-19 pandemic was first raging through sub-Saharan Africa, Hassan Nsabimana was among countless truck drivers who continued to work transporting essential cargo to Rwanda from neighboring countries. In a phone conversation last May from Tanzania, Nsabimana told his eldest son, Faycal Hassan Tuyishime, that he wasn’t feeling well and was heading home. “In his voice, you could tell he was critically ill,” Tuyishime says.
Nurses as essential workers confronting COVID-19, and life’s everyday emergencies
Posted on May 5, 2021 Sylvia Y. Kamara, a Ministry of Health nurse, gives a COVID-19 vaccine at PIH-supported Koidu Government Hospital in Kono District, Sierra Leone.
Photo by Maya Brownstein / Partners In Health
In honor of National Nurses Week, the following essay was co-authored by Partners In Health CEO Dr. Sheila Davis; Cory McMahon, deputy chief nursing officer; and Judy Khanyola, chair of nursing and midwifery at the University of Global Health Equity in Rwanda.
As individuals, as communities, and as a society, this past year has forced us to reflect on many things with new perspective not least of which the importance of nursing globally. COVID-19 brought into sharp focus the critical role nurses have played in confronting this pandemic.
The world has watched on aghast as one of the world's richest nations, the US, has failed to protect its citizens from COVID-19. In contrast, one of the world's poorer nations has become a shining star in containing it. How?
Deconstructing Health Inequity Authors:
Draws on experience from cross-cultural settings; rural, remote, and underserved communities; community mental health settings; prisons; schools; and psychiatric wards
Provides fresh insight for academics, practitioners, and policymakers in the fields of public health, psychology, social policy, and healthcare
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