The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered abrupt challenges for health care providers, requiring them to simultaneously plan for and manage a rise of COVID-19 cases while maintaining essential health services.
Read more “How have health services been provided effectively during the first wave of COVID-19?”
With limited COVID-19 vaccine supplies available during the first quarter of 2021, countries across Europe were faced with the difficult task of determining which demographic groups to prioritise for vaccination.
Read more “What strategies are countries using to get COVID-19 vaccines to people in hard-to-reach groups?”
Across the European Region, the spring semester of the 2020-21 school year (that began in January 2021) has presented multiple challenges to educators, learners and communities amidst increasing cases of SARS-CoV-2 and variants of concern.
Read more “What precautionary strategies have countries taken in school settings in light of the recent rollout of vaccination programs?”
Intensive care units (ICUs) and emergency rooms (ERs) across Europe are under pressure due to the increased volume of patients affected by COVID-19.
Read more “What has been the role of makeshift and mobile health care facilities across Europe during COVID-19?”
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted and exacerbated pre-existing problems in the long-term care sector.
Read more “The COVID-19 pandemic and long-term care: what can we learn from the first wave about how to protect care homes?”
The COVID-19 pandemic saw a rapid rise in the use of remote consultations by telephone and video link.
Read more “Keeping what works: remote consultations during the COVID-19 pandemic”
During the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals face the concurrent challenges of maintaining routine services while attending to COVID-19 patients.
Read more “Restarting more routine hospital activities during COVID-19: approaches from six countries”
The COVID-19 pandemic has put health systems and their ability to deliver health care services under strain.
Read more “Managing health systems on a seesaw: balancing the delivery of essential health services whilst responding to COVID-19”
As the COVID-19 pandemic unravelled, hospitals had to deal with the often overwhelming need to treat patients exposed to the virus. To minimize exposure and maximize health workforce capacity, many hospitals postponed elective procedures and non-essential services.
Read more “How have countries restarted more routine hospital activities during the COVID-19 pandemic?”
The COVID-19 pandemic created an unprecedented demand for personal protective equipment (PPE) (e.g. gloves, medical masks, goggles, etc.), and large disruptions in the global marketplace made it difficult for virtually all countries to obtain PPE for their own needs in the first months of the pandemic.
Read more “Who has regulatory responsibility for stocking PPE in ambulatory settings, and how does it work in practice?”