期刊
JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
卷 42, 期 3, 页码 504-509出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdaa068
关键词
infectious disease; population-based and preventative services; war; COVID-19; Syria; Idleb; Surveillance; Social distancing
资金
- UK Research and Innovation as part of the Global Challenges Research Fund
- Research for Health in Conflict in the Middle East and North Africa (R4HC-MENA) project [ES/P010962/1]
- ESRC [ES/P010962/1] Funding Source: UKRI
Despite lacking capacity and resources, the health system in the northwest Syria is using innovative approaches for the containment of COVID-19. Lessons drawn from previous outbreaks in the region, such as the polio outbreak in 2013 and the annual seasonal influenza, have enabled the Early Warning and Response Network, a surveillance system to develop mechanisms of predicting risk and strengthening surveillance for the new pandemic. Social media tools such as WhatsApp are effectively collecting health information and communicating health messaging about COVID-19. Community engagement has also been scaled up, mobilizing local resources and encouraging thousands of volunteers to join the 'Volunteers against Corona' campaign. Bottom-up local governance technical entities, such as Idleb Health Directorate and the White Helmets, have played key leadership role in the response. These efforts need to be scaled up to prevent the transmission of COVID-19 in a region chronically affected by a complex armed conflict.
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