Health responses during the COVID-19 pandemic: An international strategy and experience analysis

Sharing experiences and learning from the health situation in pandemics is an important  issue that affects the  make decisions in health disaster. In the present study tries to review and analyse the health policies to in Covid-19 management and to extract key points for resolving the pandemic problems.

The present study is a comparative research and the study population was Canada, Japan, Germany, south Korea, Turkey and Iran. 11 effective indicators in the management of epidemics were extracted by reviewing the literature and interviewing disaster management experts, and the degree of compliance of the research community with them was assessed. Data were collected from published papers in scientific databases (Google Scholar, PubMed, Web of Science and Scopus search engines) or information from official sites of health management organizations. Data were processed and analyzed by matrix content analysis.

The results showed that the importance of 11 effective indicators in the management of Covid-19 has been considered by the health system of most countries. in this study and government, local and private organizations in accordance with the conditions of the health system of each country have participated in the implementation of the studied indicators. The success rate of studied countries in the management of Covid-19 disease varies according to the time, type and running process, monitoring and evaluation of measures.

Promptness ​​in health policies and integration in implementation of them, construction of makeshift hospitals, adequate training and access to personal protective equipment, prevention of hospital contamination and voluntary assistance are important issues in the fight against epidemics. The guideline should be considered and used in the management of future health disasters specially in pandemics and emerging diseases.