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A coordinated health policy in response to COVID‐19: A case of Botswana

INTRODUCTION: This paper documents policy decisions and transformations in response to the COVID‐19 pandemic in Botswana and utilizes the multi‐sectoral approach (MSA) in providing this analysis. METHOD: A desk review of the different government gazette documents was conducted to trace health policy...

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Autores principales: Seloilwe, Esther S., Kealeboga, Kebope M., Khutjwe, Joyce V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9874623/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36250590
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jnu.12821
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description INTRODUCTION: This paper documents policy decisions and transformations in response to the COVID‐19 pandemic in Botswana and utilizes the multi‐sectoral approach (MSA) in providing this analysis. METHOD: A desk review of the different government gazette documents was conducted to trace health policy evolutionary developments and their impact on the general lives of the people of Botswana. FINDINGS: Revealed the actors, roles in this policy transformation and the conditions that enhanced the smooth implementation of the policies are discussed. CONCLUSION: The paper concludes by making some recommendations for the country's preparedness and anticipatory guidance for any other pandemic or disaster that may arise. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: This paper highlights the importance of the multisectoral approach in addressing crises such as pandemics. It also demonstrates the need for countries to have well‐defined guidelines to allow decision making in the delivery of efficient health services to the general population during pandemics.
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spelling pubmed-98746232023-01-25 A coordinated health policy in response to COVID‐19: A case of Botswana Seloilwe, Esther S. Kealeboga, Kebope M. Khutjwe, Joyce V. J Nurs Scholarsh Covid‐19 Articles INTRODUCTION: This paper documents policy decisions and transformations in response to the COVID‐19 pandemic in Botswana and utilizes the multi‐sectoral approach (MSA) in providing this analysis. METHOD: A desk review of the different government gazette documents was conducted to trace health policy evolutionary developments and their impact on the general lives of the people of Botswana. FINDINGS: Revealed the actors, roles in this policy transformation and the conditions that enhanced the smooth implementation of the policies are discussed. CONCLUSION: The paper concludes by making some recommendations for the country's preparedness and anticipatory guidance for any other pandemic or disaster that may arise. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: This paper highlights the importance of the multisectoral approach in addressing crises such as pandemics. It also demonstrates the need for countries to have well‐defined guidelines to allow decision making in the delivery of efficient health services to the general population during pandemics. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022-10-17 2023-01 /pmc/articles/PMC9874623/ /pubmed/36250590 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jnu.12821 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Journal of Nursing Scholarship published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Sigma Theta Tau International. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9874623/
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