Uruguay's Digital Strategy for COVID-19
On March 9, 2020, four days before the first positive cases of coronavirus were reported in Uruguay and eight days after the new authorities took office, the Ministry of Public Health (MSP) launched the National Contingency Plan called Plan National Coronavirus (PNC). The plan, focused on the citizen and with the aim of transparent management of the pandemic, involved the creation of new communication channels focused on care and the integration of laboratories and providers on the same platform. This document tells the story of the implementation of said plan and the results it obtained.
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Language: | English |
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Inter-American Development Bank
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Subjects: | Mobile App, Digital Strategy, Health, E-Health, Pandemic, Public Health, Digital Technology, Coronavirus, Cybersecurity, Telemedicine, O33 - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences • Diffusion Processes, I10 - Health: General, digital health;COVID-19, |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0004307 https://publications.iadb.org/en/uruguays-digital-strategy-covid-19 |
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Summary: | On March 9, 2020, four days before the first positive cases of coronavirus were reported in Uruguay and eight days after the new authorities took office, the Ministry of Public Health (MSP) launched the National Contingency Plan called Plan National Coronavirus (PNC). The plan, focused on the citizen and with the aim of transparent management of the pandemic, involved the creation of new communication channels focused on care and the integration of laboratories and providers on the same platform. This document tells the story of the implementation of said plan and the results it obtained. |
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