ABSTRACT
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) introduced guidelines with respect to hygiene practices, quarantine policies, and medical practices for health institutions to follow. Most studies examining compliance with WHO guidelines have been conducted at individual level but not at institutional level. This study investigates the availability of resources of health institutions in Iraq and their compliance with WHO COVID-19 guidelines. A total of 234 health workers, including physicians, nurses and medical technicians, were recruited in Babylon, Iraq. Self-reported number of health workers available in the health centre and the levels of compliance with the WHO's guidelines were assessed. Implementation of preventive measures for infected persons, fogging procedures, and having a crisis management team in the health centre were the top three common practices as recommended by WHO. There was a weak but significant positive relationship between the number of health workers in the healthcare centre and the levels of compliance with the WHO's COVID-19 guidelines (rho = 0.243, p < 0.05), indicating that manpower may determine the implementation of these guidelines. There is a correlation between the quantity of health workers and the levels of compliance with the WHO's COVID-19 guidelines, showing that it is important to ensure sufficient human resources available in the health centre to implement the standard practices. In addition, more financial resources are needed to provide sufficient protective equipment and disposable supplies to health workers in Iraq.Copyright © 2023 The Authors. World Medical & Health Policy published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Policy Studies Organization.
ABSTRACT
The common symptoms of corona virus (Covid-19), the patients' absence the sense of taste and smell and these cannot be happened unless this virus reaches control system (the brain). Physiologically it is so difficult to stop these senses without reaching their nervous connections in the brain. In addition, about 500 patients of Covid-19 showed supporting different symptoms: Paralysis of one or both limbs, memory loss for a period of time, Anorexia, weakness, abnormal nervousness, sleeping too much or less than normal, headache, hair loss, Eyes strain and redness, and knowing the person infected with Corona through them, Skin stiffness, Delirium in sleep and in waking, Inability to speak normally and others. All these indicate that the virus reaches the brain. For supporting this study aim selective bio-laboratory tests were measured for hundred patients with covid-19;C.R. Protein, E.S.R., D-Dimer, L.D.H and ferritin. Results of this bio-tests support this study aim. Copyright © 2023, Institute of Medico-legal Publication. All rights reserved.