Pandemic Playbook Posts

The 21st century’s first pandemic has exposed gaps in the entire healthcare system, be it the upstream functions surrounding stocks and supplies or the downstream service delivery. Every stakeholder within the healthcare system is grappling to respond as fast and as best as they can. Healthcare service providers which include physicians, community workers, clinics, and hospitals have formed the frontline fighting the battle. But over years, be it Ebola, MDR-TB, Zika, though t

The current mode of operations of the healthcare systems, which is largely based on an assumption that humans are rational beings and seek care when necessary, has been facing challenges amidst the pandemic. As the number of confirmed cases have surpassed the 8 million mark, hospitals continue to be overburdened with the increasing number of patients and have become hotspots for Covid-19 transmission. Similar to the Ebola and SARS outbreak in 2003, where the disease had trans