Open Access<p>Frontline Health-Care Workers in Combating the COVID-19: Respect and Reflect</p>
Author(s) -
Yuan Li,
Benyan Luo
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
risk management and healthcare policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.828
H-Index - 22
ISSN - 1179-1594
DOI - 10.2147/rmhp.s254639
Subject(s) - preparedness , pandemic , workforce , outbreak , health care , covid-19 , public health , medicine , socioeconomic status , accountability , environmental health , economic growth , nursing , political science , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , virology , population , economics , pathology , law
The ongoing coronavirus disease has heightened enormous concern in the global community. China implemented extraordinary public health measures to take the major transmission hotspots under control at great socioeconomic cost. Frontline health-care workers have shown their commitment and accountability in the fight against the epidemic outbreak. This commentary acknowledges their contribution and offers important insights for devising future strategies in enhancing preparedness and response competencies among the health-care workforce to manage future epidemic events.