An Implementation Research Approach to Reorient Health Supply Chains Toward an Equity Agenda in the COVID-19 Era

The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed critical inequities in global healthcare supply chains and the need for these systems to be analyzed and reoriented with an equity lens. Implementation research methodology can guide the use of evidence-based interventions to re-orient health supply chains towards e...

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Autores principales:	Miriam F. Frisch, Kirstin Woody Scott, Agnes Binagwaho
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Publicado:	Ubiquity Press 2021
Materias:	Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:9760b1441285456fad3777c25b63efdd2021-12-02T16:51:34ZAn Implementation Research Approach to Reorient Health Supply Chains Toward an Equity Agenda in the COVID-19 Era2214-999610.5334/aogh.3209https://doaj.org/article/9760b1441285456fad3777c25b63efdd2021-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://annalsofglobalhealth.org/articles/3209https://doaj.org/toc/2214-9996The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed critical inequities in global healthcare supply chains and the need for these systems to be analyzed and reoriented with an equity lens. Implementation research methodology can guide the use of evidence-based interventions to re-orient health supply chains towards equity and optimize health outcomes. Using this approach, private and public sector entities can adapt their strategies to focus not just on efficiency and cost savings but ensuring that vulnerable populations have access to essential medications, vaccines, and supplies. Findings can inform regulations that address supply chain inequities at the global level, strengthen existing systems to fill structural gaps at the national level, and address contextual challenges at the subnational level. This methodology can help account for historical practices from prior health initiatives, identify contemporary barriers and facilitators for positive change, and have applicability to the Covid-19 pandemic and ongoing vaccine distribution efforts. An implementation research approach is critical in equipping health supply chains with a path for more resilient and equitable distribution of necessary supplies, vaccines, and delivery of care.Miriam F. FrischKirstin Woody ScottAgnes BinagwahoUbiquity PressarticleInfectious and parasitic diseasesRC109-216Public aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENAnnals of Global Health, Vol 87, Iss 1 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Miriam F. Frisch Kirstin Woody Scott Agnes Binagwaho An Implementation Research Approach to Reorient Health Supply Chains Toward an Equity Agenda in the COVID-19 Era
description	The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed critical inequities in global healthcare supply chains and the need for these systems to be analyzed and reoriented with an equity lens. Implementation research methodology can guide the use of evidence-based interventions to re-orient health supply chains towards equity and optimize health outcomes. Using this approach, private and public sector entities can adapt their strategies to focus not just on efficiency and cost savings but ensuring that vulnerable populations have access to essential medications, vaccines, and supplies. Findings can inform regulations that address supply chain inequities at the global level, strengthen existing systems to fill structural gaps at the national level, and address contextual challenges at the subnational level. This methodology can help account for historical practices from prior health initiatives, identify contemporary barriers and facilitators for positive change, and have applicability to the Covid-19 pandemic and ongoing vaccine distribution efforts. An implementation research approach is critical in equipping health supply chains with a path for more resilient and equitable distribution of necessary supplies, vaccines, and delivery of care.
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author	Miriam F. Frisch Kirstin Woody Scott Agnes Binagwaho
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title	An Implementation Research Approach to Reorient Health Supply Chains Toward an Equity Agenda in the COVID-19 Era
title_short	An Implementation Research Approach to Reorient Health Supply Chains Toward an Equity Agenda in the COVID-19 Era
title_full	An Implementation Research Approach to Reorient Health Supply Chains Toward an Equity Agenda in the COVID-19 Era
title_fullStr	An Implementation Research Approach to Reorient Health Supply Chains Toward an Equity Agenda in the COVID-19 Era
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title_sort	implementation research approach to reorient health supply chains toward an equity agenda in the covid-19 era
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publishDate	2021
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An Implementation Research Approach to Reorient Health Supply Chains Toward an Equity Agenda in the COVID-19 Era

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