Policy responses to COVID-19 in Sri Lanka and the consideration of Indigenous Peoples

Galappaththi, Eranga K.; Perera, Dharshani; Dharmasiri, Indunil P.; Ford, James D.; Kodithuwakku, Sarath S.; Chicmana-Zapata, Victoria; Zavaleta-Cortijo, Carol; Pickering, Kerrie; Bavel, Bianca van; Hyams, Keith; Arotoma-Rojas, Ingrid; Akugre, Francis Awaafo; Nkalubo, Jonathan; Namanya, Didacus B.; Mensah, Adelina; Hangula, Martha M.

doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2023.03.008

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“…Herein, policymakers should consult front-line healthcare providers, since there is a strong and positive relationship between gross domestic product and health expenditure [62,63]. At the same time, due to great impacts on health and well-being, the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in current implications for policy-making and climate change research [64,65], so as to cope with the challenges of public health, environment and sustainable growth. For example, an innovative structured decision-making will provide a transparent and rigorous, evidence-based decision-theoretic framework [66], and has wider ecological, economic, and social benefits.…”

Section: Innovation For Challenges Of Public Health and Sustaiable Gr...mentioning

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Innovation for challenges of public health and sustainable growth

2024

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Innovation is a vital scientific activity for improvement of human production, quality of life and economic development in the globe. This review aims to discuss innovative strategies for a series of challenges of public health and sustainable growth as well as human diseases. Currently, there are huge challenges of public health due to both major viral infectious diseases (such as HIV infection and Covid-19) and major non-communicable diseases (such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer), as well as aging, climate change, industrialization, and urbanization. These challenges and risks greatly affect modern economic and social development not only in China but also in the globe. Herein, we should “know more, do better, and be smarter” about related knowledge and information, “reject misinformation and accept uncertainty”, and further understand the important roles of policies and laws as agents (PLA) in fighting against the infection of SARS-CoV-2 and its major variants, and effectively halting climate change for global health and sustainable growth. All in all, these innovative strategies and experiences in combating Covid-19 infection and climate change will help to get better economic and social development as well as sustainable growth in the countries worldwide, in particular the Covid-19 pandemic and post-COVID-19 era.

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Innovation for challenges of public health and sustainable growth

2024

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“…Indigenous communities, present in approximately ninety countries around the globe, account for about five percent of the world’s population [ 23 , 24 ]. Over generations, these communities have leveraged IKS for health, wellbeing, and strengthening community resilience.…”

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On the Efficacy of Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Unsettling Coloniality

Mzimela,

Moyo

2024

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Indigenous groups across Africa mobilized Indigenous Knowledge (IK) practices, albeit not without challenges, to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) continue to be sidelined in formal healthcare policies and programmes. This underscores the urgency to liberate Africa’s epistemologies. Employing the decoloniality lens, this paper examined the colonial influences inherent in African responses to COVID-19 while also exploring the role of IKS in the uMkhanyakude District Municipality (UKDM). The argument is made that, in the case of the UKDM, the efficacy of IKS was demonstrated in the response to and fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. This is the basis for the call to embrace and recognize that IKS is a legitimate body of knowledge comparable to Western science. Such recognition paves the way for more equitable, contextually relevant, and sustainable health strategies that can better address the complexities of current and future pandemics.

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