COVID-19: what went wrong after initial success in Laos?
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Bordering China, and one of South East Asia’s poorest countries, Laos at first contained covid-19 well. But initial success could not in the long term mask the country’s lack of investment in healthcare and workforce. Andrew Silver reports
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- Authors
- Silver, A.
- Corresponding author
- Silver, Andrew
- Venue
- BMJ
- Publisher
- BMJ
- Published
- 2022-04-20
- Volume
- 377
- Pages
- o994
- ISSN
- 1756-1833 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4224310270
- Cited by
- 6
- References
- 8
- Citations by year
- 2024: 3 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 2
- FWCI
- 0.89
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- BMJ (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Modeling and Simulation › COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Legal, Health, Environmental and COVID-19 Challenges
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Healthcare Systems and Challenges
- Keywords
- COVID-19 pandemic, Laos, pandemic containment, health investment, healthcare workers, public health policy, Southeast Asia
- MeSH terms
- COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Humans, Laos
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