ResearchCOVID-19 Policy Response Monitor
North American COVID-19 Policy Response Monitor
This policy response monitor was designed in response to the COVID-19 outbreak to collect and organize up-to-date information on how countries are responding to the crisis. Its primary focus is on the responses of health systems but it also captures wider public health initiatives. The North American policy monitor is an offshoot of the international COVID-19 Health System Response Monitor (HSRM), a joint undertaking of the WHO Regional Office for Europe, the European Commission and the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies.
The NAO is delighted to participate in HSRM by contributing the Canadian HSRM page. The North American COVID-19 Policy Response Monitor reports on this page follow the same format as HSRM and will be regularly updated.
Please email us at naobservatory@utoronto.ca if you would like to contribute to this project, or if you have feedback on the materials we include here. Now, more than ever, is a time for local, national and international collaboration.
Canada
- Canada Response Monitor (February 9, 2021)
- Alberta Response Monitor (August 7, 2020)
- British Columbia Response Monitor (September 10, 2020)
- Manitoba Response Monitor (July 3, 2020)
- New Brunswick Response Monitor (July 10, 2020)
- Newfoundland and Labrador Response Monitor (February 21, 2020)
- Nova Scotia Response Monitor (July 26, 2020)
- Northwest Territories Response Monitor (May 21, 2020)
- Nunavut Response Monitor (September 4, 2020)
- Ontario Response Monitor (December 21, 2020)
- Prince Edward Island Response Monitor (July 27, 2020)
- Quebec Response Monitor (September 28, 2020)
- Saskatchewan Response Monitor (June 26, 2020)
- Yukon Response Monitor (June 3, 2020)
United States
- United States Response Monitor (December 23, 2020)
Mexico
- Mexico Response Monitor (May 11, 2020)
Cambridge Core HEPL blog series: Country responses to the Covid19 Pandemic
Canada
United States
- The U.S. Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic
- Minnesota’s Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic (Updated August 12, 2020)
- New Jersey’s Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic (Updated May 15, 2020)
- New York’s Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic (Updated November 8, 2020)
- Wisconsin’s Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic (Updated December 8, 2020)
Mexico
HSRM Cross-Country Analysis
See below for selected cross-country analyses. A full listing of all cross-country analyses can be found on the HSRM Cross-Country Analysis web page.
HSRM Cross-Country Analysis
- How are countries working to ensure vaccines are administered quickly with minimal waste and maximal utilization? March 30, 2021
- Who’s in charge and why? Centralisation within and between governments January 21, 2021
- In and out of lockdowns, and what is a lockdown anyway? Policy issues in transition December 17, 2020
- How are countries supporting their health workers during COVID-19? November 3, 2020
- What strategies are countries using to expand health workforce surge capacity during the COVID-19 pandemic? November 3, 2020
- How comparable is COVID-19 mortality across countries? November 3, 2020
- Successful find-test-trace-isolate-support systems: How to win at snakes and ladders November 3, 2020
- How have federal countries organized their COVID-19 response? July 16, 2020
- What do countries need to do to implement effective ‘find, test, trace, isolate and support’ systems? July 16, 2020
- What measures have been taken to protect care homes during the COVID-19 crisis? June 8, 2020
- What is the value of civil society in the COVID-19 crisis? June 5, 2020
- What strategies are countries using to expand health workforce surge capacity to treat COVID-19 patients? April 23, 2020
- What strategies are countries using to find new personal protective equipment (PPE)? April 21, 2020
- How are countries centralizing governance and at what stage are they doing it? April 19, 2020
News & other publications
- Challenges facing mental health systems arising from the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from 14 European and North American countries, Health Policy
- Centralization and integration of public health systems: Perspectives of public health leaders on factors facilitating and impeding COVID-19 responses in three Canadian provinces, Health Policy
- Public Officials’ Engagement on Social Media During the Rollout of the COVID-19 Vaccine: Content Analysis of Tweets, JMIR Infodemiology
- Promise and peril: how health system reforms impacted public health in three Canadian provinces, Canadian Journal of Public Health
- Comparison of COVID-19 Vaccination Rollout Approaches across Canada Case Studies of Four Diverse Provinces, Health Reform Observer
- Mobilization of science advice by the Canadian federal government to support the COVID-19 pandemic response, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
- Centralization and integration of public health systems: Perspectives of public health leaders on factors facilitating and impeding COVID-19 responses in three Canadian provinces, Health Policy
- Learning from the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: Comparing policy responses in Uruguay with 10 other Latin American and Caribbean countries, Health Policy OPEN
- Early Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Public Health Systems and Practice in 3 Canadian Provinces from the Perspectives of Public Health leaders, Journal of Public Health Practice & Management
- A comparison of 2020 health policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, Health Policy
- Lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, Health Policy
- Health systems resilience during COVID-19: Lessons for building back better, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
- United States response to the COVID-19 pandemic, January–November 2020, Health Economics, Policy and Law
- Do vaccine passports work? Ontario’s was followed by a bump in second doses, Toronto Star
- Risk Recognition Policies for the Long-Term Care Workforce during the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Multi-Country Study, Journal of Long-Term Care
- COVID-19, federalism, and health care financing in Canada, the United States, and Mexico, Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis
- The Impact of COVID-19 on the Organization of Personal Support Work in Ontario, Canada, Journal of Long-Term Care
- Aging through the time of COVID-19: A survey of self-reported healthcare access, BMC Health Services Research
- Canada needs a university-based, domestic vaccine-making capability, (March 22, 2021) Policy Options
- A comparison of health policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, Health Policy
- The Federal Government and Canada’s COVID-19 Responses: From “We’re ready, we’re prepared” to “Fires and burning”, Health Economics, Policy and Law
- The rollout of the COVID-19 vaccination: what can Canada learn from Israel?, Israel Journal of Health Policy
- Features Constituting Actionable COVID-19 Dashboards: Descriptive Assessment and Expert Appraisal of 158 Public Web-Based COVID-19 Dashboards, Journal of Medical Internet Research
- Physical activity among predominantly white middle-aged and older adults during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: results from a national longitudinal survey, Frontiers in Public Health
- Accelerating mutual learning through the COVID-19 Pandemic, World Bank Blogs
- Comparing Policy Responses to COVID-19 among Countries in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) Region, NAO Study with The World Bank
- COVID-19, Federalism, and Health Care Financing in Canada, the United States, and Mexico, Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice
- COVID-19 Case and Contact Management Strategies in Canada (November 2020), NAO Rapid Review
- Creating a Smarter, More Equitable COVID Response (August 19, 2020), DLSPH News
- Federalism done right in a post-COVID-19 Canada (August 4, 2020), Policy Options
- COVID-19 Case and Contact Tracing: Policy Learning form International Comparisons (May 2020), NAO Rapid Review
- NAO partners with WHO on COVID-19 information sharing (April 14, 2020), IHPME & DLSPH News
- Canada Copes with COVID-19: SAIS Webinar
- Don’t let privacy concerns concerns complicate necessary data sharing to combat public health threats [opinion] (May 6, 2020), The Hill Times
Key Resources
- Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) News — COVID-19 timeline of first-wave responses [archived]
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) — Coronavirus (COVID-19)
- Canadian Provincial/Territorial websites:
— Alberta: COVID-19 info for Albertans
— British Columbia: COVID-19
— Manitoba: COVID-19 Updates, News Releases
— New Brunswick: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), COVID-19 News Releases [archived]
— Newfoundland and Labrador: Life with COVID-19, COVID-19 News
— Northwest Territories: COVID-19
— Nunavut: Nunavut’s Path: Living with COVID-19 [archived], Nunavut’s COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign [archived]
— Ontario: COVID-19, Ontario Newsroom
— Québec: Données COVID-19 au Québec (INSPQ), Press releases (MSSS); Situation of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Quebec
— Saskatchewan: COVID-19; COVID-19 Latest Updates
— Yukon: COVID-19 Information, News Releases (2020, 2021, 2022), COVID-19 Data Dashboard - Government of Canada — Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
- McCarthy Tetrault
— COVID-19 Emergency Measures Tracker
— COVID-19 Recovery and Re-opening Tracker
— COVID-19 Vaccine Tracker - Ontario Hospital Association (OHA) — Updates on the novel coronavirus
- Public Health Agency of Canada — Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Outbreak update
- Public Health Ontario — Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
- COVID-19 Canadian Outbreak Tracker (ESRI Canada / virihealth.com)