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India's COVID-19 Burdens, 2020

Authors

  • Ashish Joshi Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, City University of New York, New York, NY, United States
  • Apeksha Mewani Health and Behavior Studies, Columbia University's Teachers College, New York, NY, United States
  • Srishti Arora Foundation of Healthcare Technologies Society, New Delhi, India
  • Ashoo Grover Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India

Keywords:

COVID-19, India, SMAART RAPID tracker, public health, public policy

Abstract

The purpose of this article is two pronged; first, to identify and report public health implications of the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, and second, to report challenges uniquely faced by the citizens of India from a population health perspective. We have done both while closely examining epidemiological data that is accessible via SMAART's RAPID Tracker. This policy informatics platform is a live database aimed to track the geospatial spread of the COVID-19 outbreak and policy actions globally and is administered collaboratively by CUNY's Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy and a global, non-profit public health incubator. Infectivity, incidence, and recovery rates were computed and graphical representations of epidemiological datasets were studied. We have discussed a plausible conceptual framework based on the principles of population health informatics for countries with similar characteristics to build a stronger public and community health foundation in order to safeguard populations during a health emergency in the future. Keywords: COVID-19, India, SMAART RAPID tracker, public health, public policy

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