Empowering primary healthcare institutions against COVID-19 pandemic: A health system-based approach
Open Access
- 1 January 2021
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by Medknow in Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
- Vol. 10 (2), 589-594
- https://doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1416_20
Abstract
Primary health care institutions (PHCIs) are an essential foundation for the national response to COVID-19 disease in India. With the soaring number of confirmed cases, the health system is currently under unprecedented stress. In this scenario, there is a pressing need for empowering PHCIs in COVID-19 preparedness and response. The World Health Organization's (WHO) "Health system building block" approach is a classic model, which can work as a road map for the national health system in the process of empowering PHCIs against COVID-19 as well as other upcoming global and regional public health emergencies.This publication has 24 references indexed in Scilit:
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