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Question:The COVID-19 pandemic is a global health issue that has significantly affected the international health community. COVID-19 is a respiratory disease that is spread mainly from "person to person through respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs, sneezes, or talks" (CDC, 2021). From the discovery of the virus in Wuhan, China in 2019, the virus still continues to impact the daily life of everyone around the world. Furthermore, it has also resulted in the devastation of economies and caused major challenges to healthcare systems nationally and internationally. Since the start of the pandemic, healthcare systems all over the world have been overwhelmed by their workload "due to the insufficiency of the healthcare staff on account of the rapid and wide spread of the disease, and perceive inequality within the healthcare system" (Koontalay et al., 2021). In many cases, other world health issues were also affected as they were often not addressed, and treatments for other diseases have been put on hold to allow all available resources to address the immediate threat of covid. With little knowledge of the virus at the time, many areas around the world have had to take a variety of approaches to mitigate the spread of disease and provide treatment to those who get it.
Healthcare systems must work together to address global health issues. To achieve this, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) works with other global partners to expand and strengthen critical public health services around the world. They work with a variety of stakeholders and partners in this effort which includes, foreign governments and ministries of health; other U.S. government agencies; the World Health Organization; academic institutions, foundations, non-governmental organizations, faith-based organizations, and businesses and other private organizations; at the country, state, local, and community levels. By working collaboratively, we can improve international healthcare systems and ensure that the entire world will be better prepared to address global health threats. (CDC, 2020) please reply to this with 2 recent references less than 5 years.