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Health Services Trade and the COVID-19 Pandemic

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dc.contributor.authorGillson, Ian
dc.contributor.authorMuramatsu, Karen
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-07T20:19:15Z
dc.date.available2020-05-07T20:19:15Z
dc.date.issued2020-05-04
dc.description.abstractThe COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic has overwhelmed the capacity of some domestic healthcare systems, highlighting the need to allow scarce healthcare resources to move, including across borders, to where outbreaks emerge and are worse. Digital technologies, data, and cross-border e-health services like telemedicine have become important support mechanisms in the response to the pandemic. Allowing temporary movement of health professionals can also help alleviate capacity constraints on domestic health systems. In the short-term, countries can adopt measures to help alleviate national shortages of medical providers and facilitate the use of telemedicine in response to the COVID 19 pandemic. These include: (i) removing or lowering restrictions on the movement of healthcare professionals across borders, even if temporarily; and (ii) reducing barriers to telemedicine, including allowing the use of insurance in foreign clinics. Medium-term measures should focus on strengthening the global health system and building resilience to future crises. These include: (i) allowing foreign entry of health-related suppliers in order to bring additional resources, new technologies, and new management techniques; (ii) increasing cross-border coordination and collaboration between major research centers for disease prevention and control; and (iii) improving digital connectivity in order to provide better support for healthcare systems.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/804331588657997511/Health-Services-Trade-and-the-COVID-19-Pandemic
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/33716
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/33716
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectHEALTH SERVICES TRADE
dc.subjectCORONAVIRUS
dc.subjectCOVID-19
dc.subjectPANDEMIC RESPONSE
dc.subjectE-SERVICES
dc.subjectTELEMEDICINE
dc.subjectSERVICE DELIVERY
dc.subjectTRADE LIBERALIZATION
dc.subjectMODE 4 TRADE
dc.subjectGATS
dc.subjectGENERAL AGREEMENT ON TRADE IN SERVICES
dc.subjectWORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
dc.titleHealth Services Trade and the COVID-19 Pandemicen
dc.typePolicy Noteen
dc.typeDocument de politique généralefr
dc.typeDocumento de políticases
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.crossref.titleHealth Services Trade and the COVID-19 Pandemic
okr.date.disclosure2020-05-05
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work::Policy Note
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/804331588657997511/Health-Services-Trade-and-the-COVID-19-Pandemic
okr.guid804331588657997511
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/33716
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b0878cb3d0_1_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum32008993
okr.identifier.report148220
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/804331588657997511/pdf/Health-Services-Trade-and-the-COVID-19-Pandemic.pdfen
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Disease Control & Prevention
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Health Service Management and Delivery
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Public Health Promotion
okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade::Trade Liberalization
okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade::Trade and Services
okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade::World Trade Organization
okr.unitEFI-MTI-TIC-Trade and RI (ETIRI)
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