Imperial College London
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ProfessorSalmanRawaf

Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health

Director of WHO Collaborating Centre
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 8814s.rawaf

 
 
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Assistant

 

Ms Ela Augustyniak +44 (0)20 7594 8603

 
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Location

 

311Reynolds BuildingCharing Cross Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Khoja:2021:10.5742/MEWFM.2021.94090,
author = {Khoja, TAM and Qidwai, W and Rawaf, S and Alnaser, FA and Nanji, K and Khoja, A and Kurashi, NYA and Saad, NES and Halasa, W and Farahat, TM and Al, Shafaee M and Al, Shetti M and Bashir, M and Alsharief, W and AlWotayan, R and Alimky, S and Al-duwaisan, H},
doi = {10.5742/MEWFM.2021.94090},
journal = {World Family Medicine Journal incorporating the Middle East Journal of Family Medicine},
pages = {6--11},
title = {Primary health care in pandemics: barriers, challenges and opportunities},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.5742/MEWFM.2021.94090},
volume = {19},
year = {2021}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - COVID-19 has become a major global public healththreat. It started from Wuhan a province of China inDecember 2019 and has spread in every countryof the globe with over 100 million people currentlyinfected and over three million deaths as of May2021. Nearly a year on, with many town and citiesare in lockdown and with all public health measuresto minimize transmission of the virus SARS-COV2 and the scientific achievements with many vaccines developed in record time, the transmission inthe second wave is still strong with new variantsof the virus emerging. The pandemic has causeda serious impact on the economic, social, political,and cultural dynamics of people, globally. The majority of people with mild and moderate symptomsof COVID-19 seek primary care (PC) service as theentry point for getting medical intervention, reducing flow to hospital care. Currently, primary caresettings are facing major challenges including lackof funds, poor infrastructure in some countries, andshortage of health care workers and equipment.Most, if not all primary care centers are not designed to separate people with the virus. The pandemic so far shows that strengthening primary careas the first point of contact with the health systemis vital. The health systems of the future cannot beresilient without strong primary care for all, capableof meeting population health needs and aspirationfor good health and well-being.
AU  - Khoja,TAM
AU  - Qidwai,W
AU  - Rawaf,S
AU  - Alnaser,FA
AU  - Nanji,K
AU  - Khoja,A
AU  - Kurashi,NYA
AU  - Saad,NES
AU  - Halasa,W
AU  - Farahat,TM
AU  - Al,Shafaee M
AU  - Al,Shetti M
AU  - Bashir,M
AU  - Alsharief,W
AU  - AlWotayan,R
AU  - Alimky,S
AU  - Al-duwaisan,H
DO  - 10.5742/MEWFM.2021.94090
EP  - 11
PY  - 2021///
SN  - 1839-0188
SP  - 6
TI  - Primary health care in pandemics: barriers, challenges and opportunities
T2  - World Family Medicine Journal incorporating the Middle East Journal of Family Medicine
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5742/MEWFM.2021.94090
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VL  - 19
ER  -
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