Prevention of contagion by COVID-19 in indigenous communities of the canton Ambato in Ecuador

Covid 19, was first reported in Wuhan, China, declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) as an international health emergency in January 2020 and classified as a pandemic in March of the same year, Covid-19, is without doubt the topic of greatest clinical and investigative interest world-wide, national and local, the purpose of this research work is to design a rele-vant community prevention strategy with the needs of these population groups, from a medical and scientific bibliographic base, As a theoretical foundation, a strategy for the prevention of infections by Covid-19 in indigenous communities of the Ambato canton in Ecuador was designed, which consists of seven phases that include data analysis and mapping of the population at risk;characteriza-tion of the group;needs assessment;initial evaluation of the state of health;execution and implementation of prevention and promotion activities;final evaluation and socialization of the results.

Risk assessment for COVID-19 infection in indigenous populations

In Wuhan, China, at the end of 2019 it was reported for the first time, declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) as an international health emergency in January 2020 and classified as a pandemic in March of the same year, the Covid-19, is undoubtedly the topic of greatest clinical and research interest globally, nationally and locally.. The pandemic has not stopped and the social, economic, as well as health ravages have continued even with research, scientific advances in medicine, as well as research devoted entirely to studying the novel coronavirus, have affected all levels and social strata. a community intervention was developed through an explanatory, experimental, longitudinal and prospective study with deliberate intervention, conducting 381 surveys in indigenous people of the communities of Ambato, to identify the determinants that favor the increase in the transmissibility of SARS-Cov-2 in the indigenous population,.analyze the impact of COVID-19 on mortality and morbidity according to the comorbidities of indigenous peoples, identify the psychological impact of periods of confinement. It was concluded that the indigenous communities showed the overcrowding of families with few resources that are forced to live together more than a generation and favors the contagion, this made them see themselves in quarantine for contacts with patients, comorbidities were also a cause of predisposition to infections and severe form of COVID-19 including death, they were also psychologically affected by confinement and little family interaction, poor access to technological elements, poor information and poor leadership of their leaders favored a low dissemination of preventive measures.