2021
DOI: 10.1017/s1463423621000451
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Innovation in primary health care responses to COVID-19 in Sub-Saharan Africa

Abstract: Background: In May 2020, the African Journal of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine invited submissions on lessons learnt from responses to the COVID-19 pandemic from primary care providers in Africa. This included descriptions of innovations and good practices, the management of COVID-19 in district health services and responses of communities to the outbreak. Aim: To synthesise the lessons learnt from the COVID-19 pandemic in the Africa region. Methods: A thematic… Show more

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“…Remote consultations have become more frequent during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nevertheless, our understanding of the impact of increased remote consulting on practitioner and patient expectations and experiences, access, and quality is still emerging (Salisbury et al, 2020;Ray and Mash, 2021). This study contributes to our appreciation of practitioners' and managers' personal experience of the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic and the shifts brought about within their professional identity.…”
Section: Implications For Research And/or Practicementioning
confidence: 84%
“…Remote consultations have become more frequent during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nevertheless, our understanding of the impact of increased remote consulting on practitioner and patient expectations and experiences, access, and quality is still emerging (Salisbury et al, 2020;Ray and Mash, 2021). This study contributes to our appreciation of practitioners' and managers' personal experience of the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic and the shifts brought about within their professional identity.…”
Section: Implications For Research And/or Practicementioning
confidence: 84%
“…La importancia de una clínica comunitaria eficaz se desprende de la observación de que entre el 12 de febrero y el 13 de marzo, el 60% de los ciudadanos que regresaban de áreas de alto riesgo se ofrecieron como voluntarios para visitar las clínicas comunitarias (694633 visitas) 23 En países como Taiwán, se desplegó una red de atención primaria cercana a la comunidad, con clínicas preparadas y estaciones de detección comunitarias para tratar a pacientes con síntomas leves, para que los hospitales puedan enfocarse en casos graves. 24 Estos establecimientos de salud, dentro del territorio contaban con suficiencia de equipos de protección personal para el recurso humano y suficiencia de pruebas diagnósticas para detección de COVID-19 en la población. 25 Las pautas nacionales de atención primaria actuales para COVID-19 brindan orientación sobre el control de infecciones y minimizan el riesgo de propagación en las prácticas de atención primaria, al tiempo que apoyan el uso de nuevas tecnologías y asociaciones coordinadas.…”
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“…Since the utilization of PNC services was reduced, to ensure that mothers and newborns receive PNC, other strategies need to be devised. Some of the strategies that can be used include home-based PNC visits, the use of telemedicine, phone-based referral networks, social media, and community radios [35] .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%