
Ministerial roundtable on COVID-19: maintaining essential health services and public health programme in the context of COVID-19 / World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia
Tác giả : World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia
Nhà xuất bản : World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia
Năm xuất bản : 2020
Chủ đề : 1. Governing Board. 2. Governing body documents.
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Tóm tắt : | Across the WHO SEA Region, and in the context of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the focus of health systems has been diverted to preparedness and response. Much of the available resources, especially the health workforce, has been repurposed for the response to the ongoing pandemic. This has negatively affected the delivery of essential health services and public health programmes. The varied types of physical distancing and movement restrictions adopted within countries and at points of entry, in an effort to curb disease transmission, have had undesirable effects on access to essential health services and much needed health supplies. Furthermore, inadequate though evolving knowledge about the novel coronavirus has raised apprehensions and triggered widespread fear and stigmatization of patients, thus lowering the demand for health services.Uncertainties around the further progression or possible waning of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and its ’when’ and ‘how’, provide an opportunity for the Member States and implementing partners to protect, facilitate and maintain the continuity of essential health services and public health programmes along with focused and persistent efforts in curbing the pandemic and further strengthening universal health coverage (UHC).The attached Working Paper was presented to the High-Level Preparatory Meeting in July 2020 for its review and recommendations. The HLP Meeting reviewed the paper and made the following recommendations for the consideration of the Seventy-third Session of the Regional Committee.Actions by Member States(1) Conduct mapping of functional health systems and service delivery provisions with special focus on primary health care, to plan and monitor the delivery of essential health services in the changing context of the COVID-19 pandemic.(2) Address perceptions of communities through enhanced community engagement to tackle misinformation and rumors for improving the uptake of essential health services.(3) Ensure implementation of safe and effective patient triage and referral, at all levels, for both COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 patients, while following norms of physical distancing and infection prevention and control protocols.(4) Optimize health workforce capacity through redistribution, repurposing and recruitment, ensuring protection and safety of health workers, as well as through continuous building of technical skills and knowledge through e-learning and other innovative platforms.(5) Continue strengthening procurement and supply chain mechanisms and quality control for uninterrupted health logistics supplies.(6) Use innovative, evidence-based, and newer technologies and methodologies to reach communities, including vulnerable population groups.Actions by WHO(1) Continue guiding and facilitating the assessment of essential health services delivery and functioning of public health programmes in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and other emergencies.(2) Continue providing technical guidance for restoration and maintenance of essential health services and public health programmes in the context of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.(3) Promote operational research around health service delivery and public health programmes with the aim of curbing the transmission of the COVID-19 pandemic and for the development of context-specific policies and strategies, relevant and useful for Member States.(4) Provide technical assistance to Member States on planning and monitoring of essential health services to inform policy and systemic response.This Working Paper and the recommendations of the HLP Meeting are submitted to the Seventy-third Session of the WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia for its consideration and decision. |
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https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/334130 |