ACTIVITY 2
Directions
• List down 3 of your prioritize healthcare chffallenges, issues, trends in 2021
• Elaborate and explain each challenge
Healthcare Challenges,
Issues, Trends
1. Access to COVID-19 tests,
medicines, and vaccines
2. Advance Health
3. Health Inequities
Elaborate and Explain the
Challenge
In 2021, we must focus on
continuing our work across
the four pillars of the ACT
Accelerator to ensure equal
access to safe and reliable
vaccines, testing, and
treatments, as well as
ensuring that health systems
are capable of delivering
them (WHO, 2020).
The repercussions of
neglecting our health
services are one of the most
straightforward lessons the
pandemic has taught us. In
2021, provision of all the
critical health services is
needed to keep people of all
ages safe, close to home,
and without falling into
poverty (WHO, 2020).
The COVID-19 pandemic has
highlighted the widening gaps
that exist between and within
countries caused by
difference of economic
status, some of which are
being worsened and could
expand even further (WHO,
2020).
Ways Forward (Resolution,
Management
Opportunities)
As a result of innovation, a
range of promising tools are
in the works. Working with
NGOs to transport vaccines,
tests, and therapies is one of
these solutions. It will also be
necessary to find the
remaining critical funds in
order to get these resources
to where they are needed.
The UHC compendium - a
guide to help countries
recognize the basic health
services they need, such as
ensuring that women can
give birth safely, children can
be immunized, and people
can be screened and treated
for diseases - and the
introduction and roll-out of
new primary health care
systems in countries.
Working with government
agencies to track and resolve
health disparities caused by
factors such as income,
gender, ethnicity, living in
remote rural areas or
deprived urban areas,
education,
occupation/employment
conditions, and disability.