Does “Flattening the Curve” Affect Critical Care Services Delivery for COVID-19? A Global Health Perspective

COVID-19 and Power in Global Health

Political scientists bring important tools to the analysis of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, particularly a focus on the crucial role of power in global health politics. We delineate different kinds of power at play during the COVID-19 crisis, showing how a dearth of compulsory, institutional, and epistemic power undermined global cooperation and fuel...

The Role of Health Centers Services for Response to COVID-19 in Iran

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a respiratory tract infection caused by a newly emergent coronavirus. Iran is one of the countries affected by the disease. Health center services have a critical role in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. This study with the aim of providing the functions and services of primary health care was performed by a health center in Iran during the COVID-19 outb...

Ethical Challenges of Care and Treatment for Patients with COVID-19 in a Hospital from the Perspective of Service Providers

The rapid spread of COVID-19, lack of standard treatment, time constraints, and lack of resources are challenges around the world. Considering the importance of ethics in providing care to patients with emerging diseases, this study was conducted to explain the ethical challenges in care and treatment for patients with COVID-19. The present study was conducted by qualitative content analysis du...

Continuity of essential health services during the COVID-19 pandemic: a letter to editor

Requirements of Mental Health Services during the COVID-19 Outbreak: A Systematic Review

Background: After the outbreak of a new viral disease in Wuhan, China in late December 2019, in a very short period of time, because the speed of the virus spread, it became a global pandemic. Benefitting from the principles and methods of systematic review, present paper discuss on requirements of Mental Health Services during the COVID-19 Outbreak. Methods: A comprehensive search conducted t...

Survey and Analysis of Ardabil City Suburbs Access to the Health Care Delivery Services (Health Centers)

Background & objectives: Health care centers are among the most important and essential centers that proper and timely access to them is one of the basic goals of social justice. The health of the individual and the community depends on the centers that provide primary health care. Rapid, timely, and inexpensive access to these centers is very important and necessary, in any community, especial...