Name: Reshaping global health: Covid-19 and the road ahead
Uploaded: 2020-07-08
Duration: 3 min 37 s
Description: In wealthy nations and those still developing, the pandemic has heightened inequities and left the most vulnerable even more exposed.

In wealthy nations and those still developing, the pandemic has heightened inequities and left the most vulnerable even more exposed.

Reshaping global health: Covid-19 and the road ahead

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We're witnessing an unbelievable surge right now in vaccine hesitancy and mistrust in many parts of the world. We just heard about that in a in a session in this conference in the US Um, what do you think needs to be done to try to deal with this? Um, given the challenges and trust that we're seeing in so many places Mhm. You know that, uh, we know what to do because there is a great studies done by welcome trust who have shown that we need to build the trust of the population in the health care system, meaning we need to tell them the truth. We don't need to lie to them or just I say, alternative facts or truth. We need to tell the truth, the truth. And Wanda has the highest rate of trust from the population to the health system and the vaccination system in the world. And just because we have always give the right information with respect to the communities, we have also bring the services to where the people are living at community level and also assured that there is no stock out so that we have created a man to the population. They are not frustrated by the lack of leadership or management of the hand sector. I think also that one of the most important things today is really to fight this this information. Uh, and unfortunately, all in all, the world's people can say anything. They are not accountable. In my country, When you say things that have false and people can die because they follow you, you are accountable. The world should do the same, provide accurate information and this fundamental need that I think there are many people at this health conference who are thinking to themselves, Um wow, we wish we could do that. And it's interesting because, as you said, Rwanda has the highest confidence in the world. Um, actually, the country with the lowest confidence in the world is France. They still vaccinate, but the country of Louis Pasteur. So it's very interesting. Um uh, Sheila over to you, Um, in terms of your experience in having worked in Rwanda, um, maybe you could say something about the innovation that you saw there and how that innovation may go and be used in other places or vice versa. How do we use innovation to try to drive this forward. Yeah, definitely. I think you know, I think what Rwanda has done uh so well during this pandemic was they have done such aggressive testing and really innovating innovative testing of Moto drivers and bringing testing into the community and also setting up supported isolation and supported quarantine. So along with aggressive testing and contact tracing what the innovation they've done is making sure that the people have what they need to be able to do things successfully and safely. So providing food, providing a safe place, a safe place to isolate away from your family if needed. The innovation, I think, is not anything. It's not necessarily a technology, although that's certainly used in many areas like the drones like you like you have talked about. But it's more the innovation of human caring and providing social support, because during the pandemic, that's even more needed. And I think what we haven't done in the U. S. For example, is provided that necessary social support to have to support people during times like these