Hospitals Worldwide Have Recovered After Coronavirus Pandemic – WHO

Health systems across the world have started showing the first major signs of health system recovery after the coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organisation has said.

The health agency recently revealed this via a report, and the world has been reacting.

According to him, fewer countries reported intentionally scaling back access across all service delivery platforms and essential public health functions since 2020-2021 reporting, and this shows vital step to returning to pre-pandemic levels of service delivery.

WHO added that the number of countries reporting disruption to their national supply chain system also reduced by nearly half.

It read, “Fourth round of the global pulse survey on continuity of essential health services during the COVID-19 pandemic: November 2022–January 2023.”

“In this survey, fewer countries reported intentionally scaling back access across all service delivery platforms and essential public health functions since 2020-2021 reporting, showing an important step to return to pre-pandemic levels of service delivery and broader system functioning.”

“By the end of 2022, most countries reported partial signs of service recovery, including in services for sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health; nutrition; immunization; communicable diseases (including malaria, HIV, TB, and other sexually-transmitted infections); neglected tropical diseases; noncommunicable diseases; management of mental, neurological and substance use disorders; care for older people; and traditional and/or complementary care.”

“The number of countries reporting disruption to their national supply chain system reduced from nearly half (29 of 59 responding countries) to about a quarter (18 of 66 responding countries) within the last year.”

“It, however, said despite signs of recovery, service disruptions persist across countries in all regions and income levels, and across most service delivery settings and tracer service areas.”