Roles of subdistrict health office personnel and village health volunteers in Thailand during the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19
global health
public health
Journal
BMJ case reports
ISSN: 1757-790X
Titre abrégé: BMJ Case Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101526291
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
14 Sep 2021
14 Sep 2021
Historique:
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2021
pubmed:
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9
2021
medline:
18
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2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
In Thailand, 40 000 subdistrict health centre (SDHC) personnel and >1 million village health volunteers (VHVs) are responsible for primary healthcare of 23 million households in 75 032 villages. They were trained, made household visits, gave hygiene advice, participated in the 'Big Cleaning Day' campaign, produced cloth face masks, proactively identified high-risk visitors and monitored quarantined cases. 7.4 million Thais received basic education on hygiene, 1.3 million villagers joined the campaign and 3.6 million handmade cloth face masks were produced. In March 2020, 3.9 million households were visited, and 40 000 high-risk cases were detected. The intensity of proactive case findings increased to 12.6 million home visits and 834 000 cases were detected in April 2020. Almost 800 000 cases complied with the 14-day mandatory home quarantine, of which 3.6% developed symptoms suspected of respiratory tract infection. VHVs and SDHC personnel could efficiently contribute to the prevention and control of COVID-19 in Thailand.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34521739
pii: 14/9/e244765
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2021-244765
pmc: PMC8442058
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Journal Article
Case Reports
Langues
eng
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© BMJ Publishing Group Limited 2021. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Competing interests: None declared.
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