Maintaining population health in low‐ and middle‐income countries during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Why we should be investing in Community Health Workers

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Palafox, Benjamin, Renedo, Alicia, Lasco, Gideon, Palileo-Villanueva, Lia M, Balabanova, Dina, McKee, Martin
• التنسيق: text
• منشور في: Archīum Ateneo 2021
• الموضوعات: community health workers; Covid-19 responses; non-communicable disease management; primary health care; low- and middle-income countries; Clinical Epidemiology; Community Health and Preventive Medicine; Public Health
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://archium.ateneo.edu/dev-stud-faculty-pubs/62; https://archium.ateneo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1061&context=dev-stud-faculty-pubs
• المؤسسة: Ateneo De Manila University

Community health workers in low- and middle-income country primary health care systems are well suited to perform essential functions on the frontlines of Covid-19 pandemic responses. However, clear and coordinated guidance, updated infection control training, and reliable access to personal protect...