Contingency planning for cancer care in low- and middle-income countries during the COVID-19 pandemic: A rapid assessment for future disaster resilience

• Main Authors: Teoh, Soo-Peng, Hoo, Yee-Yin, Murillo, Raul, Zuluaga, María, Tsunoda, Audrey, Lombe, Dorothy, Sullivan, Richard, Bhoo-Pathy, Nirmala
• Format: Article
• Published: ecancer Global Foundation 2022
• Subjects: RA Public aspects of medicine; RC Internal medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/44137/; https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85151437077&doi=10.3332%2fecancer.2022.1339&partnerID=40&md5=2096b6a2adc167c7985883645f40af27

Background: Many countries appear to be ill-prepared in their emergency responses towards the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, particularly in managing chronic diseases such as cancer. We aimed to gain insight on the preparedness of health systems within low- and middle-income countrie...