Responding to COVID-19: Lessons from evaluations of previous responses to public health crises
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The panel will discuss the findings from evaluations that have examined the responses of multilateral agencies to past public health crises. The session seeks to provide the audience with lessons from evaluation that are pertinent for the current COVID-19 pandemic.
The COVID-19 pandemic is greatly affecting our lives, regardless of where we live, and the full extent of its impact is still unknown. Policy makers and government officials around the world, including in Latin America and the Caribbean, have taken decisive action to tackle the pandemic, provide for the sick, and address the most pressing health and economic needs to the extent possible. Non-governmental organizations, academic institutions and individual citizens have all been called to contribute their share too by practicing self-confinement and social distancing. As such, government-imposed containment measures and the behavioral changes of citizens and businesses alike during the crisis are expected to affect the size and structure of the economy, employment rates, food security, poverty levels, and the social fabric of our societies in ways we cannot predict.
International agencies are also looking for ways to best support countries as they respond to the challenges from COVID-19, not only from a public health perspective, but also from an economic and development one. Agencies such as the Asian Development Bank, UNICEF, and the World Bank have dealt in the past with public health crises created by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), Avian Influenza, and Ebola. Moreover, their evaluation offices have had the opportunity to assess what worked and what did not and have distilled lessons learned.
Stakeholders in the area of development, regardless of the roles they play, will need to reflect on, and factor in, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on current and planned development interventions. Although different in magnitude and context, other crises, including SARS, Ebola and Avian Influenza, and more specifically, evaluations that have examined the associated responses of multilateral agencies can provide important findings and lessons for policymakers, project managers, and evaluators as they respond to the COVID19 pandemic.
The COVID-19 pandemic is greatly affecting our lives, regardless of where we live, and the full extent of its impact is still unknown. Policy makers and government officials around the world, including in Latin America and the Caribbean, have taken decisive action to tackle the pandemic, provide for the sick, and address the most pressing health and economic needs to the extent possible. Non-governmental organizations, academic institutions and individual citizens have all been called to contribute their share too by practicing self-confinement and social distancing. As such, government-imposed containment measures and the behavioral changes of citizens and businesses alike during the crisis are expected to affect the size and structure of the economy, employment rates, food security, poverty levels, and the social fabric of our societies in ways we cannot predict.
International agencies are also looking for ways to best support countries as they respond to the challenges from COVID-19, not only from a public health perspective, but also from an economic and development one. Agencies such as the Asian Development Bank, UNICEF, and the World Bank have dealt in the past with public health crises created by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), Avian Influenza, and Ebola. Moreover, their evaluation offices have had the opportunity to assess what worked and what did not and have distilled lessons learned.
Stakeholders in the area of development, regardless of the roles they play, will need to reflect on, and factor in, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on current and planned development interventions. Although different in magnitude and context, other crises, including SARS, Ebola and Avian Influenza, and more specifically, evaluations that have examined the associated responses of multilateral agencies can provide important findings and lessons for policymakers, project managers, and evaluators as they respond to the COVID19 pandemic.
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| Nome | Título | Biography |
|---|---|---|
| Beth Ann Plowman | Senior Evaluation Specialist | Technical manager with 25+ years of experience in the field of global health. Career focused on developing and leading independent evaluations and results monitoring systems for global health programs, notably related to maternal and child health and HIV/AIDS in developing countries. |
| Maya Vijayaraghavan | Principal Evaluation Specialist | Economist with 20+ years of experience in res & eval. Evaluates policies, strategies, and operations at the thematic, country, and sector levels. Joined ADB in 2013 after spending her career with the US federal gov. In her last role at the CDC in Atlanta, she led evaluations of health programs. |
| Stephen Hutton | Senior Evaluation Officer | Stephen Hutton is an evaluator with expertise on environment and climate change topics, and is IEG’s focal point for the Environment and Natural Resources Global Practice. |