Learning from Latin America: Coordinating Policy Responses across National and Subnational Levels to Combat COVID-19

Michael M. Touchton; Felicia Marie Knaul; Hector Arreola-Ornelas; Renzo Calderon-Anyosa; Silvia Otero-Bahamón; Calla Hummel; Pedro Pérez-Cruz; Thalia Porteny; Fausto Patino; Patricia J. Garcia; Jorge Insua; Oscar Mendez-Carniado; Carew Boulding; Jami Nelson-Nuñez; V. Ximena Velasco Guachalla

doi:10.3390/covid3090102

Learning from Latin America: Coordinating Policy Responses across National and Subnational Levels to Combat COVID-19

Michael M. Touchton, Felicia Marie Knaul, Hector Arreola-Ornelas, Renzo Calderon-Anyosa, Silvia Otero-Bahamón, Calla Hummel, Pedro Pérez-Cruz, Thalia Porteny, Fausto Patino, Patricia J. Garcia, Jorge Insua, Oscar Mendez-Carniado, Carew Boulding, Jami Nelson-Nuñez, V. Ximena Velasco Guachalla

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We provide policy lessons for governments across Latin America by drawing on an original dataset of daily national and subnational non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) during the COVID-19 pandemic for eight Latin American countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, and Peru. Our analysis offers lessons for health system decision-making at various levels of government and highlights the impact of subnational policy implementation for responding to health crises. However, subnational responses cannot replace coordinated national policy; governments should emphasize the vertical integration of evidence-based policy from national to local levels while tailoring local policies to local conditions as they evolve. Horizontal policy integration across sectors and jurisdictions will also improve coordination at each level of government. The Latin American experiences with policy and politics during the COVID-19 pandemic project glocal health policy recommendations that connect global considerations with local needs.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1500-1515
Number of pages	16
Journal	COVID
Volume	3
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/covid3090102
State	Published - Sep 2023
Externally published	Yes

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Immunology and Microbiology (miscellaneous)
Medicine (miscellaneous)
Infectious Diseases

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Touchton, M. M., Knaul, F. M., Arreola-Ornelas, H., Calderon-Anyosa, R., Otero-Bahamón, S., Hummel, C., Pérez-Cruz, P., Porteny, T., Patino, F., Garcia, P. J., Insua, J., Mendez-Carniado, O., Boulding, C., Nelson-Nuñez, J., & Velasco Guachalla, V. X. (2023). Learning from Latin America: Coordinating Policy Responses across National and Subnational Levels to Combat COVID-19. COVID, 3(9), 1500-1515. https://doi.org/10.3390/covid3090102

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