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  2. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare workers

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    The COVID-19 pandemic scare yielded profound implications for populations, questioning the overall posture and prospect of public health interventions. The COVID-19 scare resulted in massive avoidance and deferrals across healthcare settings with many patients resorting to stay home or seeking alternative interventions to avoid contracting the ...

  3. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on hospitals - Wikipedia

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    A field hospital at peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil. COVID-19 caused nurses and other healthcare workers to have even longer shifts and work more days. [5] In the media, they stated that nurses have gained more exhaustion due to longer working hours. [6] There is even a higher shortage of workers, which then causes each nurse to have ...

  4. World Health Organization response to the COVID-19 pandemic

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    Trump's successor Joe Biden reversed the decision in January 2021, saying that the WHO "plays a crucial role" in fighting COVID-19 and other public health threats. [221] [222] The WHO has been criticized for not stating that the COVID-19 outbreak was a pandemic until significantly after it had already clearly become one. [223]

  5. National responses to the COVID-19 pandemic - Wikipedia

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    A COVID-19 communication hotline (0800100100) was established on 15 March 2020 which is run by the Ministry of Health and Social Services and the Centre for Disease Control of Namibia (CDC). [475] The hotline serves to answer general enquiries of the public, assisting persons seeking guidance from the Ministry and reporting possible symptoms or ...

  6. U.S. federal government response to the COVID-19 pandemic

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    It will include government and non-government officials to ensure an "equitable" pandemic response and recovery. The second order calls for a National Pandemic Testing Board to be established to improve US coronavirus testing capacity. On January 21, 2021, Biden signed an executive order to increase access to healthcare and therapeutics for ...

  7. Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States

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    In turn, Asian American health has been disproportionately challenged by the virus, as a study by Chan et al. from Cambridge University found, “that while Asian Americans make up a small proportion of COVID-19 deaths in the USA, they experience significantly higher excess all-cause mortality (3.1 times higher), case fatality rate (as high as ...

  8. Cultural competence in healthcare - Wikipedia

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    Cultural competence is a practice of values and attitudes that aims to optimize the healthcare experience of patients with cross cultural backgrounds. [6] Essential elements that enable organizations to become culturally competent include valuing diversity, having the capacity for cultural self-assessment, being conscious of the dynamics inherent when cultures interact, having ...

  9. Swedish government response to the COVID-19 pandemic

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    At the end of March, 93% of those older than 70 said that they were following the recommendations from the health service to some extent, with the majority having decreased their contacts with friends and family. [84] In May, the agency looked at easing the recommendations for the 'young elderly' of good health, but ultimately decided against it.