COVID-19 response in northwest Syria: innovation and community engagement in a complex conflict | Zendy

Abdulkarim Ekzayez | Zendy; Munzer Alkhalil | Zendy; Mohamad Jasiem | Zendy; Raed Al Saleh | Zendy; Zedoun Alzoubi | Zendy; Kristen Meagher | Zendy; Preeti Patel | Zendy

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COVID-19 response in northwest Syria: innovation and community engagement in a complex conflict

Author(s) -

Abdulkarim Ekzayez,

Munzer Alkhalil,

Mohamad Jasiem,

Raed Al Saleh,

Zedoun Alzoubi,

Kristen Meagher,

Preeti Patel

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916

H-Index - 82

eISSN - 1741-3850

pISSN - 1741-3842

DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdaa068

Subject(s) - covid-19 , pandemic , public health , outbreak , warning system , corporate governance , transmission (telecommunications) , community engagement , political science , environmental health , international health regulations , public relations , business , medicine , engineering , virology , telecommunications , disease , nursing , finance , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty)

Despite lacking capacity and resources, the health system in the northwest Syria is using innovative approaches for the containment of COVID-19. Lessons drawn from previous outbreaks in the region, such as the polio outbreak in 2013 and the annual seasonal influenza, have enabled the Early Warning and Response Network, a surveillance system to develop mechanisms of predicting risk and strengthening surveillance for the new pandemic. Social media tools such as WhatsApp are effectively collecting health information and communicating health messaging about COVID-19. Community engagement has also been scaled up, mobilizing local resources and encouraging thousands of volunteers to join the 'Volunteers against Corona' campaign. Bottom-up local governance technical entities, such as Idleb Health Directorate and the White Helmets, have played key leadership role in the response. These efforts need to be scaled up to prevent the transmission of COVID-19 in a region chronically affected by a complex armed conflict.

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