Harnessing Social and Behavioural Change Strategies for the Prevention and Control of COVID-19: A Perspective from Tanzania | Zendy

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Harnessing Social and Behavioural Change Strategies for the Prevention and Control of COVID-19: A Perspective from Tanzania

Author(s) -

Vivian Mushi,

Lilian Patrine Mushi

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

malaysian journal of medical sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.394

H-Index - 25

eISSN - 2180-4303

pISSN - 1394-195X

DOI - 10.21315/mjms2021.28.4.16

Subject(s) - tanzania , perspective (graphical) , covid-19 , pandemic , psychological intervention , control (management) , behaviour change , psychology , public relations , medicine , sociology , political science , socioeconomics , computer science , virology , psychiatry , disease , pathology , artificial intelligence , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty)

Social and behavioural change strategies are crucial to facilitating the adoption of preventive behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic. For the success of such social and behavioural changes, the community should be aware of the interventions and willing to adhere to health advice. This letter details the strategies employed in Tanzania to accelerate the adoption of preventive behaviour and contain the spread of COVID-19.

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