Leveraging the COVID-19 response to improve emergency care systems in the Eastern Mediterranean Region.
East Mediterr Health J
; 26(6): 626-629, 2020 Jun 24.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-634614
ABSTRACT
The COVID-19 pandemic began as a cluster of reported cases of acute respiratory illness in China on 31 December 2019 and went on to spread with exponential growth across the globe. By the time it was characterized as a global pandemic on 11 March 2020, 17 of 22 countries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) had reports of infected persons. EMR countries are particularly susceptible to such outbreaks due to the presence of globally interconnected markets; complex emergencies in more than half of the countries; religious mass gatherings that draw tens of millions of pilgrims annually; and variation in emergency care systems capacity and health systems performance within and between countries.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Public Health
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Epidemiology
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Coronavirus Infections
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Emergency Medical Services
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Emergency Service, Hospital
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International Cooperation
Type of study:
Observational study
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
English
Journal:
East Mediterr Health J
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
2020.26.6.626
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