This rapid scoping review investigates the question: What is known about changes to public health methods at the population level for governments globally due to the COVID-19 pandemic? Methods Study Design A scoping review capturing literature on changes to public health surveillance in response to ...
Digital technologies are being harnessed to support the public-health response to COVID-19 worldwide, including population surveillance, case identification, contact tracing and evaluation of interventions on the basis of mobility data and communication
COVID-19 Vaccine administration Pharmacy Long-term care facilities Immunization Pharmacy management systems Partnerships Informatics Public health surveillance 1. Introduction 1.1. Engagement and importance of pharmacies during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic Pharmacists are often a trusted source of health information ...
Although I did not start ART then, I attended an HIV clinic for my child. But I stopped attending because a health worker was very rude to me. She used very harsh words because I was late one day, saying, ‘You are the one who is sick, and you expect to show up whatever time ...
“I see so much sadness when I talk with people,” says Leticia Peréz de Trujillo, a community health worker with Cultiva La Salud, a Fresno-based health-equity advocacy organization involved in the COVID-19 Equity Project. Still, with guidance from this and other groups, around 1,000 peo...
COVID-19 is a highly spreadable viral infection, reported first in Wuhan, China in December 2019 which spreads worldwide later. The pathogen of this disease is SARS-CoV virus. World Health Organization announced first the name of this new disease and declared this outbreak as a Public Health ...
COVID-19 vaccinehealth equitymass vaccination programmobile clinicvaccine equityDuring the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, local public health agencies were responsible for vaccinating a wide variety of communities. Dakota County Public Health (Dakota County, Minnesota) implemented a program that offered COVID...
In late January, a worldwide crisis known as COVID-19 was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by the WHO. Within only a few weeks, the outbreak took on pandemic proportions, affecting over 100 countries. It was a significant issue
The clinic by NEW Health on Hanover Street in Boston encouraged people to get vaccinated. "It's just something everyone should do for your own safety," said Christine Davies, of Acton. "Getting vaccinated is really important for public health." ...
Some changes in understanding may be the result of the COVID-19 pandemic. For example, we hypothesize that the widely used designations of negative and positive in the context of viral testing during the pandemic have increased the public’s understanding of these terms in the medical context,...