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Universidad y Salud
Print version ISSN 0124-7107On-line version ISSN 2389-7066
Abstract
PORTILLO-RIASCOS, Luis Hernando. History repeats itself: great challenges for weak governments. Univ. Salud [online]. 2020, vol.22, n.3, suppl.1, pp.315-326. Epub Dec 10, 2020. ISSN 0124-7107. https://doi.org/10.22267/rus.202203.204.
Introduction:
COVID-19 represents an unprecedented phenomenon in recent human history. This new situation requires a strong official intervention to mitigate the socioeconomic impact caused to date.
Objective:
To assess the measures adopted by the Colombian government and official institutions of the Nariño Department (State) facing the social and economic challenges associated with COVID-19.
Materials and methods:
A documentary review based on government data, reports released by national and international research institutes, press communications and the Web of Science and Science Direct databases.
Results:
Information from fiscal administrative acts promulgated by different government entities to meet the obligations derived from COVID-19 during the March-May 2020 period was structured.
Conclusions:
Both the Colombian national government and local authorities from the Nariño Department have had to assume extraordinary expenditures to confront the costs associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. However, these measures seem insufficient and belated in the face of the magnitude of the effects caused by the pandemic.
Keywords : COVID-19; public policy; economics; public health; Colombia.