Authors: Lyudmila Nepomnyashchiy, Carey Westgate, Ashley Wang, Helen Olsen, Prashant Yadav and Madeleine Ballard
Demands for personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic strained global supply chains, often leaving low- and middle-income countries without a means to protect their health workers. CHWs are no exception. This article provides an overview of PPE required to protect CHWs during a pandemic and makes recommendations for improving supply chain access.
Link: Protecting community health workers: PPE needs and recommendations for policy action
Resource Topic: Community Health Workers/Volunteers, Infectious/communicable diseases
Resource Type: COVID-19, Journal articles, Research
Year: 2020
Region: Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), Middle East and North Africa (MENA), North America (U.S. and Canada), Oceania, Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)
Country: Global
Publisher May Restrict Access: No