Open AccessRole of Community Medicine during COVID-19 Pandemic
Author(s) -
Venkatarao Epari,
Priyambada Panda
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
indian journal of community health/indian journal of community health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.149
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 2248-9509
pISSN - 0971-7587
DOI - 10.47203/ijch.2021.v33i02.003
Subject(s) - pandemic , public health , government (linguistics) , medicine , isolation (microbiology) , workforce , politics , community health , economic growth , health care , covid-19 , public relations , environmental health , political science , nursing , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , law , economics , linguistics , philosophy , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Pandemics have significantly affected economy of each country. Health & political system have been also drastically affected in each part of the country. To fight against pandemic, it demands multidimensional approaches comprising of various measures like surveillance, containment, isolation & quarantine, border restriction as well as various socio-political and community measures. Though the entire health workforce is involved at multiple levels, the role of a community medicine/public health expert is maximum in controlling the spread in the community and managing the situation. The community medicine specialists can contribute to the public health as well as health-care services in combating the pandemic.
This review has been done for giving an insight of proper utilisation of public health services and existing manpower of community medicine. Also this will channelize our health system and give a direction for combating future public health crisis. So Government should utilise the experiences and expertise to manage the pandemic very well.