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Prevention and planning as important factors in ensuring public health in the Philippines during the COVID-19 pandemic
Author(s) -
Mark Kelvin B De Vero,
Ivan Efreaim A Gozum,
Aristothel M Melad
Publication year - 2021
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/fdab058
Subject(s) - pandemic , public health , covid-19 , epidemiology , environmental health , economic growth , political science , business , environmental planning , geography , medicine , virology , outbreak , nursing , economics , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology
A recent correspondence discussed that in trying times, technology can help be applied toward epidemiology to benefit communities by building a basic surveillance system. This suggested development in Honduras can be utilized in the Philippines to improve the State’s handling of health emergencies. With this, this paper accentuates the importance of prevention and planning to ensure public health in the Philippines, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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