Strengthening Health Systems To Face Pandemics: Subnational Policy Responses To COVID-19 In Latin America | Health Affairs Journal

Nonpharmaceutical interventions such as stay-at-home orders continue to be the main policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic in countries with limited or slow vaccine rollout. Often, nonpharmaceutical interventions are managed or implemented at the subnational level, yet little information exists on within-country variation in nonpharmaceutical intervention policies. We focused on Latin America,…

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