Open AccessHealth Systems’ Resilience: COVID-19 Response in Trinidad and Tobago
Author(s) -
Shelly-Ann Hunte,
Karen Pierre,
Roseann St. Rose,
D. Simeon
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
american journal of tropical medicine and hygiene
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.015
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1476-1645
pISSN - 0002-9637
DOI - 10.4269/ajtmh.20-0561
Subject(s) - resilience (materials science) , covid-19 , government (linguistics) , developing country , pandemic , psychological resilience , healthcare system , political science , politics , economic growth , business , environmental health , medicine , health care , psychology , economics , virology , outbreak , linguistics , philosophy , physics , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law , psychotherapist , thermodynamics
Trinidad and Tobago, a small island developing state, has been ranked as number one in a report published by the University of Oxford that assessed responses to COVID-19 based on four of the six WHO criteria for rolling back COVID-19 "lockdown" measures. The key mitigation and containment strategies implemented by the country were evidence-informed and demonstrated an "all-of-government" approach. The COVID-19 health system response of this country demonstrates that although developing countries face many health system challenges, political will, evidence-informed decision-making, respect for science, and timely, coordinated, collaborative actions can strengthen the resilience and response of the health system during a health emergency.
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