The country response

Since the end of 2019, the coronavirus has caused millions of cases and deaths worldwide on our daily schedule and affects the way we live. So far, it is clear that 80% of cases and deaths occur in only about 15 countries in the world. That is, 179 countries have managed to reduce the impact of the coronavirus with less painful results. Wilfredo Pimentel’s book “The Country Response” considers this scenario throughout its six chapters, exemplifies the different success stories, and proposes an open strategy to combat the coronavirus.

For Wilfredo Pimentel, the fight against the coronavirus must have the power to contain any other pandemic that breaks out in the future. It should not be revived from scratch. In this context, he considers that the World Health Organization’s performance has not been adequate and has not provided the strategic health vision that is needed for the great ills of the world, such as pandemics, and this institution needs to be renewed.

In Peru and other countries with high numbers of cases and deaths, the pandemic’s most significant fatality has been caused by errors in the strategies of the leaders of nations. It has not been exercised with the decisive capacity to combat the coronavirus, restore the country’s viability or prevent second waves. The experiences of dozens of countries that have managed to fight the coronavirus in less than 120 days have not been appropriately applied.

The country’s response is a literary essay with an open strategy. Its construction identifies the keys in the coronavirus data that have been given to combat it. Whatever the coronavirus’s level of spread, the plan must be quickly implemented in a specific framework. Its construction is based on the books The Execution Premium and Platform Revolution. In addition to the identified keys, he considers the concepts of Strategy Management Teams, Operations Management Team, Strategic Maps, Balanced Scorecard, Key Process, Technology Platform, etc.

As an open strategy, it prioritizes the participation of the individual, social dynamics, and the State as main actors capable of integrating and combating the coronavirus with conventional procedures that are successful worldwide, without reaching a vaccine that modifies human genetics and whose effects. We still do not know, promoting human use for unknown purposes without completing the third phase of the investigations.