COVID-19: Operational guidance for maintaining essential health services during an outbreak

COVID-19: Operational guidance for maintaining essential health services during an outbreak

When health systems are overwhelmed, both direct mortality from an outbreak and indirect mortality from vaccine-preventable and treatable conditions increase dramatically. Countries will need to make difficult decisions to balance the demands of responding directly to COVID-19, while simultaneously engaging in strategic planning and coordinated action to maintain essential health service delivery, mitigating the risk of system collapse. This document expands on the content of the Operational planning guidelines to support country preparedness and response, and provides guidance on a set of targeted immediate actions that countries should consider at national, regional, and local level to reorganize and maintain access to high-quality essential health services for all.

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Source Language: English (510)
Tags: covid19  (5), Health services  (5), health system  (0), maintaining  (0), outbreak  (0), SARS-CoV-2  (1)
First Posted: Apr. 29, 2020

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