Intervention strategy aimed at the prevention and control of COVID-19 in Consolación del Sur
Keywords:
COVID-19 / strategy, primary health care, prevention and control of COVID-19.Abstract
Introduction: COVID-19 is a public health emergency of international importance and a rapidly spreading global epidemic.
Objective: to design a comprehensive strategy of prevention and control of the disease from the local context in Consolación del Sur municipality.
Methods: a study of technological development in health services and systems, of a descriptive and cross-sectional-observational type, carried out with 13 patients infected with COVID-19, and the statement of quarantine status in a community of Consolación del Sur municipality. The design of the strategy, the methodological and technical documents issued by the Ministry of Public Health in Cuba and PAHO/WHO were reviewed.
Results: health actions were designed with an intersectorial approach related to the pre-epidemic stage and the local autochthonous transmission stage; emphasizing on the health actions from the Primary Health Care.
Conclusions: in the international health context resulting from COVID-19, it is necessary to improve health and intersectoral actions involving all of the society.
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