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COVID-19 pandemic in Panama: lessons of the unique risks and research opportunities for Latin America

The Republic of Panama has the second most unequally distributed wealth in Central America, has recently entered the list of countries affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, and has one of the largest testing rate per inhabitant in the region and consequently the highest incidence rate of COVID-19, maki...

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Autores principales: Loaiza, Jose R., Rao, Kosagisharaf, Eskildsen, Gilberto A., Ortega-Barria, Eduardo, Miller, Matthew J., Gittens, Rolando A.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Organización Panamericana de la Salud 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7323756/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32612646
http://dx.doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2020.86
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Rao, Kosagisharaf
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Ortega-Barria, Eduardo
Miller, Matthew J.
Gittens, Rolando A.
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description The Republic of Panama has the second most unequally distributed wealth in Central America, has recently entered the list of countries affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, and has one of the largest testing rate per inhabitant in the region and consequently the highest incidence rate of COVID-19, making it an ideal location to discuss potential scenarios for assessing epidemic preparedness, and to outline research opportunities in the Region of the Americas. We address two timely important questions: What are the unique risks of COVID-19 in Panama that could help other countries in the Region be better prepared? And what kind of scientific knowledge can Panama contribute to the regional and global study of COVID-19? This paper provides suggestions about how the research community could support local health authorities plan for different scenarios and decrease public anxiety. It also presents basic scientific opportunities about emerging pandemic pathogens towards promoting global health from the perspective of a middle income country.
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spelling pubmed-73237562020-06-30 COVID-19 pandemic in Panama: lessons of the unique risks and research opportunities for Latin America Loaiza, Jose R. Rao, Kosagisharaf Eskildsen, Gilberto A. Ortega-Barria, Eduardo Miller, Matthew J. Gittens, Rolando A. Rev Panam Salud Publica Current Topic The Republic of Panama has the second most unequally distributed wealth in Central America, has recently entered the list of countries affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, and has one of the largest testing rate per inhabitant in the region and consequently the highest incidence rate of COVID-19, making it an ideal location to discuss potential scenarios for assessing epidemic preparedness, and to outline research opportunities in the Region of the Americas. We address two timely important questions: What are the unique risks of COVID-19 in Panama that could help other countries in the Region be better prepared? And what kind of scientific knowledge can Panama contribute to the regional and global study of COVID-19? This paper provides suggestions about how the research community could support local health authorities plan for different scenarios and decrease public anxiety. It also presents basic scientific opportunities about emerging pandemic pathogens towards promoting global health from the perspective of a middle income country. Organización Panamericana de la Salud 2020-06-29 /pmc/articles/PMC7323756/ /pubmed/32612646 http://dx.doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2020.86 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/legalcode This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 IGO License, which permits use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. No modifications or commercial use of this article are permitted. In any reproduction of this article there should not be any suggestion that PAHO or this article endorse any specific organization or products. The use of the PAHO logo is not permitted. This notice should be preserved along with the article’s original URL.
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COVID-19 pandemic in Panama: lessons of the unique risks and research opportunities for Latin America
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32612646
http://dx.doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2020.86
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