Supporting Vulnerable Health Systems Improve Infection Prevention and Control to Fight the COVID-19 Pandemic

Supporting Vulnerable Health Systems Improve Infection Prevention and Control to Fight the COVID-19 Pandemic

Protecting healthcare workers and patients is critical to reduce the spread of the disease. In this brief we highlight three urgent actions : Distribution of infection prevention and control (IPC) policies and guidelines to all health facilities; M...

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Main Authors: Bedoya, Guadalupe, Dolinger, Amy
Format: Policy Note
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:
HEALTH SYSTEM
DISEASE CONTROL
INFECTIOUS DISEASE
PANDEMIC
CORONAVIRUS
COVID-19
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/669571585065496420/Supporting-Vulnerable-Health-Systems-Improve-Infection-Prevention-and-Control-to-Fight-the-COVID-19-Pandemic
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spelling okr-10986-334812021-05-25T09:33:36Z Supporting Vulnerable Health Systems Improve Infection Prevention and Control to Fight the COVID-19 Pandemic Bedoya, Guadalupe Dolinger, Amy HEALTH SYSTEM DISEASE CONTROL INFECTIOUS DISEASE PANDEMIC CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 Protecting healthcare workers and patients is critical to reduce the spread of the disease. In this brief we highlight three urgent actions : Distribution of infection prevention and control (IPC) policies and guidelines to all health facilities; Manufacturing and distribution of IPC supplies to health facilities; and Mass media hand hygiene behavior change campaigns for health workers and the general population. 2020-03-25T18:53:57Z 2020-03-25T18:53:57Z 2020-03-23 Policy Note http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/669571585065496420/Supporting-Vulnerable-Health-Systems-Improve-Infection-Prevention-and-Control-to-Fight-the-COVID-19-Pandemic http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33481 English Development Impact Evaluation (DIME) Brief; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note
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topic HEALTH SYSTEM
DISEASE CONTROL
INFECTIOUS DISEASE
PANDEMIC
CORONAVIRUS
COVID-19
spellingShingle HEALTH SYSTEM
DISEASE CONTROL
INFECTIOUS DISEASE
PANDEMIC
CORONAVIRUS
COVID-19
Bedoya, Guadalupe
Dolinger, Amy
Supporting Vulnerable Health Systems Improve Infection Prevention and Control to Fight the COVID-19 Pandemic
relation Development Impact Evaluation (DIME) Brief;
description Protecting healthcare workers and patients is critical to reduce the spread of the disease. In this brief we highlight three urgent actions : Distribution of infection prevention and control (IPC) policies and guidelines to all health facilities; Manufacturing and distribution of IPC supplies to health facilities; and Mass media hand hygiene behavior change campaigns for health workers and the general population.
format Policy Note
author Bedoya, Guadalupe
Dolinger, Amy
author_facet Bedoya, Guadalupe
Dolinger, Amy
author_sort Bedoya, Guadalupe
title Supporting Vulnerable Health Systems Improve Infection Prevention and Control to Fight the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_short Supporting Vulnerable Health Systems Improve Infection Prevention and Control to Fight the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_full Supporting Vulnerable Health Systems Improve Infection Prevention and Control to Fight the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_fullStr Supporting Vulnerable Health Systems Improve Infection Prevention and Control to Fight the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_full_unstemmed Supporting Vulnerable Health Systems Improve Infection Prevention and Control to Fight the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_sort supporting vulnerable health systems improve infection prevention and control to fight the covid-19 pandemic
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2020
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/669571585065496420/Supporting-Vulnerable-Health-Systems-Improve-Infection-Prevention-and-Control-to-Fight-the-COVID-19-Pandemic
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