Open AccessImplementation of a coronavirus disease 2019 infection prevention and control training program in a low-middle income country
Author(s) -
Niranjala Perera,
Victoria Haldane,
Savithiri Ratnapalan,
Sudath Samaraweera,
Mahesh Karunathilake,
Chintha Gunarathna,
Pavithri Bandara,
Pandula Kawirathne,
Xiaolin Wei
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
jbi evidence implementation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2691-3321
DOI - 10.1097/xeb.0000000000000307
Subject(s) - low and middle income countries , disease control , coronavirus , covid-19 , training (meteorology) , infection control , disease , pandemic , middle income , medicine , disease prevention , control (management) , middle income country , environmental health , economic growth , geography , developing country , socioeconomics , intensive care medicine , computer science , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economics , demographic economics , artificial intelligence , meteorology
The COVID-19 pandemic poses an ongoing risk to health workers globally. This is particularly true in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) where resource constraints, ongoing waves of infection, and limited access to vaccines disproportionately burden health systems. Thus, infection prevention and control (IPC) training for COVID-19 remains an important tool to safeguard health workers. We report on the implementation of evidence-based and role-specific COVID-19 IPC training for health workers in a hospital and public health field setting in Sri Lanka.