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Background: Since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) as a pandemic, it has become a major challenging public health problem worldwide. This pandemic has affected all aspects of Population life in almost all nations and among all socioeconomic groups. Population of all types are facing an unprecedented crisis with the rapid spread of COVID-19 and severity of the disease in many infected individuals. As such many healthcare systems have been overwhelmed and HCWs presented with work load . There is a potential shortage of physical resources, such as ventilators and intensive care unit beds, needed to care for surges of critically ill patients, however, additional medical supplies and beds will be of limited help unless there is an adequate medical workforce, as the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) continues to occur in small outbreaks in Saudi Arabia. Aim of the study: To assessment the Knowledge, Attitude and Practice toward COVID-19 among the Population attending primary healthcare centers in Makkah Al-Mukarramah Saudi Arabia 2022. Method(s): Cross sectional study, was conducted among Saudi Arabia population in primary health care center in Makkah Al-Mukarramah. The questionnaire collected socio-demographic characteristics, assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice toward COVID-19 Our total participants were(200). Result(s): show the relation of participant to Attitude, knowledge, Practice score towards COVID-19 regarding the Attitude the most of participants high attitude were (78.0) heave a significant relation were P-value <0.001 and X2187.240, regarding the knowledge the most of participants high knowledge were (61.0%) P-value <0.001 and X270.360, the Practice the most of participants high Practice were (77.0%) a significant relation were P-value <0.001 and X2174.040. Conclusion(s): Study participants from KSA, not adequate knowledge, positive attitude, and acceptable practices towards COVID-19 Knowledge. Electronic and social media should be effectively utilized to spread awareness of COVID-19 among the public, the Population worry levels regarding transmitting for COVID-19 during the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic, and subsequent awareness campaigns that were conducted were associated with increased knowledge, adherence to protective hygienic practices and reduction of anxiety toward the COVID-19 pandemic. Copyright © 2022 Ubiquity Press. All rights reserved.
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The current paper attempts to analyze the causes, which divert the care structures from their fundamental mission, and to evoke the consequences of this situation on the main actors who make up the Algerian health system, to try to prescribe the solutions likely to improve the quality of health care in this country. Although free healthcare has been decreed since 1973 to overcome the financial obstacles, and despite the efforts of successive governments to dismantle the geographical obstacles, unfortunately, the organizational obstacles have not found effective and lasting solutions until now;the majority of experts have pointed out this type of obstacle since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. This article highlights the growth of national and international scientific research;on the conditions that can improve the quality of health care provision. Nevertheless, current work barely addresses organizational shortcomings, particularly in the unique context of a health system that provides free health care. Through an analysis of the Algerian context, this article proposes avenues of research for the organizational obstacles that can hinder the performance of the health care system, which can constitute future empirical studies. The results of the study indicate that there is a great disparity between the regions ranging from the North to the South of the country in terms of health coverage (hospital beds, specialized care, medical personnel, etc.);a flagrant lack of operational medical equipment, and a shortage of medicines for hospital use;despite the good results recorded over the past three decades, expenditure continues to increase steadily;the private sector does not play its role as a complement to the public sector, it improvises as best it can to provide less risky lucrative care;and the application of obsolete legislation that governs a sick hospital. © 2022 The Authors. Published by IASE. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).