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Many people worldwide have sudden and emergent healthcare needs that require the services of trained healthcare professionals. During the COVID-19 pandemic, routine healthcare services, such as primary healthcare, operative care, emergency care and more, were regularly interrupted. During the surges in cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection, the strain on healthcare facilities negatively affected public health and national critical functions, including transport and education. The pandemic exacerbated healthcare gaps in many countries, including low-, middle- and high-income countries, despite many efforts to avert death and disability. Healthcare needs and emergencies continued during the pandemic, as people continued to have strokes, heart attacks, pregnancy complications and injuries.
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Nature Medicine29, 1591-1592 (2023)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41591-023-00050-6
Competing interests
L.T.G. is the Minister of Health of Ethiopia; S.N. is the Minister of Health of Rwanda; A.L.S. is the Minister of Health of Gambia; A.H.A. is the Minister of Health of Somalia; Z.M. is the Minister of Health of Malaysia; A.G.G. and T.F. are employed by the Ministry of Health of Ethiopia.
