How not to manage a pandemic, and how to recover from it: Lessons from Ecuador

Coral-Almeida, Marco; Carrington, Sarah J.; Carrión-Yaguana, Vanessa D.; Mascialino, Guido

doi:10.1139/facets-2022-0064

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“…Telehealth was used to facilitate contact tracing and reduce the number of transmissions in health facilities. However, it is noteworthy that the ability to leverage technology and innovation is context dependent; Coral-Almeida et al’s [ 41 ] study showed how the pandemic has negatively impacted digital access through an analysis of the management and impact of COVID-19 in Ecuador. The authors noted a widening of the digital divide and a need for a policy platform that promotes digital literacy and access, particularly among less advantaged socioeconomic groups.…”

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Pandemic Preparedness: A Scoping Review of Best and Worst Practices from COVID-19

Maccaro,

Audia,

Stokes

et al. 2023

Healthcare

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The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the scale of global unpreparedness to deal with the fast-arising needs of global health threats. This problem was coupled with a crisis of governance and presented in the context of globally hitting climate crisis and disasters. Although such a pandemic was predictable due to the known effects of human intervention on the surrounding environment and its devastating secondary effects, such as climate change and increased zoonoses, most countries were unprepared to deal with the scale and scope of the pandemic. In this context, such as that of the climate crisis, the Global North and Global South faced several common challenges, including, first and foremost, the scarcity of resources required for health, policy, wellbeing and socioeconomic wellness. In this paper, we review the most recent evidence available in the literature related to pandemic preparedness and governance, focusing on principles and practices used during the COVID-19 pandemic, and we place it in the context of a European Parliament Interest Group meeting (this event took place on 21 March 2023 during the “European Health Tech Summit”) to ground it within ongoing discussions and narratives of policy and praxis. The review identified key practices and principles required to better face future health threats and emergencies. Beyond health practices relying on technology and innovation, it is useful to mention the importance of contextualising responses and linking them to clear goals, improving the agreement between science and policymaking, thus building trust and enabling transparent communication with the general public based on clear ethical frameworks.

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Pandemic Preparedness: A Scoping Review of Best and Worst Practices from COVID-19

Maccaro,

Audia,

Stokes

et al. 2023

Healthcare

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“…The pandemic had the effect of deepening inequalities worldwide, so that if current socioeconomic structures are maintained, future crises will cause severe social disruption (Stevano et al 2021 ). Likewise, it is important to strengthen public health programs to face future health crises that could increase the vulnerability of the productive sector, considering the limited response capacity of the Ecuadorian health system during the pandemic (Alava and Guevara 2021 ; Coral-Almeida et al 2022 ).…”

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Differing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on farmers and intermediaries: insights into the Ecuadorian cocoa value chain

Zambrano,

Tennhardt,

Egger

et al. 2024

Agric Econ

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The COVID-19 pandemic generated diverse impacts and responses in agricultural value chains worldwide. Cocoa is a key crop for Ecuadorian exports, and the analysis of effects the pandemic had on value chain actors contributes to the understanding of their individual capacities to coping with a major shock. The purpose of this study was to assess the number and severity of impacts and responses implemented by two links in the cocoa value chain to the pandemic, based on a survey of 158 cocoa farmers and 52 cocoa intermediaries from the main cocoa-producing provinces of the northern coast of Ecuador in 2021. Surveyed farmers and part of the intermediaries form part of the sustainability program of a large Swiss chocolate manufacturer. The impacts and responses reported were grouped into seven resources according to the Activity System Approach. Then, a comparison between groups was applied using the Wilcoxon rank sum test for nonparametric data, determining the most severe impacts and effective resilience responses among the actors. The results reveal that farmers and intermediaries were similarly affected by the pandemic, reporting 21 and 16 negative impacts, respectively. Farmers experienced a higher number and severity of impacts on financial and social resources, while intermediaries on human and material resources. The strongest impact was the loss of sales, reported by 65% of farmers and 58% of intermediaries. Farmers implemented more social responses that they judged highly effective, while intermediaries implemented more human responses that they judged highly effective. Public policy should enhance the social resources of farmers by strengthening their associativity and the capacities of their members, as mechanisms to mitigate their vulnerability to future health and climate crises. The financial resources of both actors should be protected through public credit and agricultural insurance.

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How not to manage a pandemic, and how to recover from it: Lessons from Ecuador

Cited by 2 publications

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Pandemic Preparedness: A Scoping Review of Best and Worst Practices from COVID-19

Pandemic Preparedness: A Scoping Review of Best and Worst Practices from COVID-19

Differing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on farmers and intermediaries: insights into the Ecuadorian cocoa value chain

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