Coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: Improving the outbreak readiness and response in camp settings

Medical Journal of Babylon

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Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava¹  Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava² 

[1] Medical Education Unit and Institute Research Council, Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth – Deemed to be University;Department of Community Medicine, Shri Sathya Sai Medical College and Research Institute, Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth – Deemed to be University

关键词: COVID-19 pandemic;    Outbreak readiness;    Camp;    World Health Organization;   

DOI  :  10.4103/MJBL.MJBL_46_20

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications

【 摘 要 】

The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has accounted for the jeopardizing the health care delivery system and exposure of the lack of preparedness and emergency response plan. If this is the status of the general population, it is difficult to imagine the outcome of the outbreak for population groups who are living in camps or similar settings due to an ongoing humanitarian emergency. Acknowledging the specific and unique needs of the vulnerable population groups living in camp settings, guidelines have been formulated to improve the readiness and response action to the potential outbreak of the disease. This is the need of the hour as it will aid in reducing the probability of transmission of infection, early identification & provision of appropriate treatment to the infected people, strengthen the risk communication mechanism to provide trustworthy information, and will also guide in implementing a multi-sectoral response to the viral infection. In conclusion, in the fight against COVID-19 outbreak, it is the responsibility of the health stakeholders to ensure that the outbreak readiness and response strategies should be extended to the vulnerable population groups who are living in camp settings due to an ongoing humanitarian emergency.

【 授权许可】

CC BY-NC-SA