Retention of health human resources in COVID-19 pandemic condition

Health is a multifaceted issue and providing and promoting all its dimensions is an interdisciplinary task. Examination of crisis conditions shows that the retention of health human resources is very important due to the high volume of work in these conditions. Due to the severity of the prevalence of COVID-19, the health system must have an acceptable plan for dealing with this disease. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate the factors affecting the retention and stability of human resources in crises. We used a critical review method using specific keywords ("human resources retention", "COVID-19", and some other related keywords) in, Pubmed, Scopus, Google Scholar, and SID databases until September 2022 without time limitation. Reviewers screened founded studies separately and finally, we summarized the main results of 12 eligible articles. Four main strategies (Organizational management and leadership, risk reduction, improving the mental health of health workers, and financial and welfare support) are possible solutions to reduce healthcare workers' burnout and increase their resilience to this hard situation. It seems that planning, appropriate policy-making to implement the solutions found, division of tasks, and compilation of a national document on human resource protection in crises with the cooperation of people and officials can be very helpful.

Efficacy and Adverse Effects of the Most Common COVID-19 Vaccines: a Rapid Review Study

COVID-19 raised a flood of events all through the world in multiple fields. Reaching an agreement to generate and use vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 (the cause of COVID-19) was likely the most controversial topic among different communities. Being new developed and lack of longitudinal characterization of these vaccines, the growing concerns were expectable. Now, regarding the conduction of large global studies, it is more possible to figure out the ambiguous characteristics of common anti-COVID-19 vaccines. The aim of the present study was to make a rapid overview on the efficacy and side effects of eight common COVID-19 vaccines used in Iran (Sinopharm, Oxford-AstraZeneca, BIV1-CovIran (COVIran Barekat), Pastocovac, Sputnik V, Covaxin (Bharat), Noora, and Pfizer-BioNTech). Using the designed search syntax, composed of MeSh terms, the published records were searched in PubMed database. The high-quality articles, meeting the inclusion criteria, were exploited to extract the interesting data. The final data pool, minded for all eight vaccines, was summarized, categorized, arranged, and presented separately. The trimmed findings demonstrated that all approved vaccines have several mild to moderate side effects. The final results of the present study depicted a big picture of commonly used vaccines and rapidly overviewed their efficacies and side effects. © 2022 The Author(s).