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The precariousness of political management of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in the search for scientific answers: Calling for prudence in public health emergencies

EDITORIAL Vaccination represents a new chapter in the management of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. So far, the hospitalisation and death curves in most countries have tended to follow the epidemic curve. As vaccination increases, new infections are not expected to lead to a corresponding rise in deaths and hospitalisations, with overwhelmed health services and a lack […]
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Organisation of the State, model of health system and COVID-19 health outcomes in six European countries, during the first months of the COVID-19 epidemic in 2020

ABSTRACT The time and type of the States’ responses to the COVID-19 pandemic varied with the severity of the epidemiological situation, the perceived risk, the political organisation and the model of health system of the country. We discuss the response of Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Portugal and the United Kingdom during the first months of […]
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Addressing conflicts of interest of ethical reviewers of health planning, management, policy and systems research proposals

ABSTRACT Steering health systems towards universal health coverage requires research on themes that are of particular interest to health planning, management, policy and systems researchers. Some issues, such as strikes regarded as illegal and health sector corruption, because of their social and political sensitivity have, for too long, remained outside adequate research inquiry. Their emergence […]
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Judicialization of the right to health: (Un)compliance of the judicial decisions in Medellin, Colombia

INTRODUCTION: The judicialization of health arose following the possibility of judicially demanding the right to health before national and international courts. In the case of Colombia, health litigation is done through a constitutional tool called the tutela action, which allows for the immediate protection of fundamental rights. METHODS: A retrospective cross-sectional study using a probabilistic […]
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