2021
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2021.1919735
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Public Health Crises In Comparison: China’s Epidemic Response Policies From SARS To COVID-19

Abstract: The rate of infectious disease outbreaks has been accelerating over the past two decades, from the SARS epidemic in 2003 to COVID-19 in 2020. Termed by some as the twenty-first century's first pandemic, SARS originated in China and alerted the country to the importance of public health and epidemic response. After SARS, China improved its health infrastructure and reformed its political and legal health governance system. The emergence of COVID-19 from Wuhan in late 2019 put those reforms to the test. This pap… Show more

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“…Drawing on lessons from the SARS outbreak of 2002, China has constructed a more efficient network of disease control and prevention systems. However, in the very initial outbreak stage, resources and planning from the central and strong governmental system for controlling pandemics and maintaining social stability might not be sufficient ( Li, 2021 ; Nkengasong, 2020 ). Social media has afforded discussion of COVID-19 in real-time, making it one of the primary sources for the public to make sense of the pandemic and to cope with the unknown threat ( Abdul-Baki et al, 2020 ).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Drawing on lessons from the SARS outbreak of 2002, China has constructed a more efficient network of disease control and prevention systems. However, in the very initial outbreak stage, resources and planning from the central and strong governmental system for controlling pandemics and maintaining social stability might not be sufficient ( Li, 2021 ; Nkengasong, 2020 ). Social media has afforded discussion of COVID-19 in real-time, making it one of the primary sources for the public to make sense of the pandemic and to cope with the unknown threat ( Abdul-Baki et al, 2020 ).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The handful of studies from the region that have investigated reporting barriers and enablers at the local and subnational levels have largely corroborated the above findings; however, they have focused on specific countries or disease contexts [21][22][23]. Furthermore, none of these studies have examined in-depth whether reporting officials, including both public health officials and health care providers, have experienced pressures to not report for either political, security, or economic reasons, despite such pressures likely having played a role during previous outbreaks, including SARS and COVID-19 [24][25].…”
Section: Evidence Gapmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The authors show that the interaction and articulation of social policiessuch as cash transfers and as unemployment insurancewere crucial to determine the success or failure of the public health measures implemented in these countries the first months of the pandemic. The following paper, 'Public Health Crises In Comparison: China's Epidemic Response Policies From SARS To COVID-19', from Li (Li, 2021), analyses the Chinese response to two recent epidemics -SARS and COVID-19. Drawing from documental analysis and interviews with experts, Li examines the health system reforms that were implemented in China after the SARS epidemic in 2003 and how they played out on the ground in Wuhan when COVID arrived in 2019.…”
Section: Country Responsesmentioning
confidence: 99%