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COVID-19 Response In Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Don′t Overlook The Role of Mobile Phone Communication
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Journal of Advanced Practices in Nursing

ISSN: 2573-0347

Open Access

Commentary - (2021) Volume 6, Issue 4

COVID-19 Response In Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Don′t Overlook The Role of Mobile Phone Communication

Rajnarayan Tiwari Scientist D
National Institute of Occupational Health, National Institute of Occupational Health, India

Received: 02-Apr-2021 Published: 25-Apr-2021 , DOI: 10.37421/2573-0347.2021.6.197
Citation: Rajnarayan Tiwari. “Investigating the Pedagogical Design Features Of The Flipped Classroom In Undergraduate Nursing Education: A Systematic Review.” Adv Practice Nurs 6 (2021): 197.
Copyright: 2021 Rajnarayan Tiwari. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Abstract

Appraisals of wellbeing limits with regards to the Covid illness 2019 (COVID-19) pandemicindicate that generally low-and center pay nations (LMICs) are not operationally prepared to oversee this health crisis. Propelled by overall accomplishments in other irresistible sickness plagues and our experience in Sub-Saharan Africa, we support cell phone correspondence to improve information collection and detailing, correspondence between medical care laborers, general wellbeing foundations, and patients, and the execution of infection following and resulting hazard delineated seclusion measures. Programmaticaction is required for midway planned announcing and correspondence frameworks working with mobile phones in emergency the board plans for tending to the COVID-19 pandemic in LMICs.

Abstract

Appraisals of wellbeing limits with regards to the Covid illness 2019 (COVID-19) pandemicindicate that generally low-and center pay nations (LMICs) are not operationally prepared to oversee this health crisis. Propelled by overall accomplishments in other irresistible sickness plagues and our experience in Sub-Saharan Africa, we support cell phone correspondence to improve information collection and detailing, correspondence between medical care laborers, general wellbeing foundations, and patients, and the execution of infection following and resulting hazard delineated seclusion measures. Programmaticaction is required for midway planned announcing and correspondence frameworks working with mobile phones in emergency the board plans for tending to the COVID-19 pandemic in LMICs.

Keywords

Mobile phone ; communication Low- and middle-income countries; Pandemic

Introduction

The Covid sickness 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic illustratesthe significance of general wellbeing reaction procedures for timelyoutbreak control. The disappointment of well-resourced nations, for example, theUnited States of America and the United Kingdom to adequatelycontain this pandemic features the intricacy of enormous scalecontainment measures and raises worries for the effect of thisdisease in low-and center pay nations (LMICs), where fragilehealth frameworks, contending needs, destitution, and swarming affectthe ability to oversee wellbeing crises (1).Indeed, arecentanalysis ofhealth securitycapacities inthe contextofCOVID-19 showed that numerous LMICs are not operationally prepared toprevent, identify, or control an episode (2). In fact,publichealth measuresuseful inothersettingscannegatively impactdisadvantaged individuals in LMICs. For instance, numerous transient workersfound themselves without occupations after the declaration of thelockdown in India,compelling them to startlingly get back oncrowded prepares and transports with suggestions for transmission (3).The quickly expanding admittance to cell phones and smartphonetechnology among medical care staff and residents gives hugepotential to general wellbeing laborers, bleeding edge clinicians, andinstitutions to convey and act quickly in the setting ofrapidly evolving COVID-19 rules (4). In thisarticle, pondering overall activities just as ourexperience at Tygerberg Hospital (TBH) in the Western CapeProvince of South Africa, we examine three manners by which mobilephone correspondence can help support patient consideration anddisseminate data during the COVID-19 pandemic. advances in less resourced settings (5).Today, portable applications are utilized generally, consequently empowering healthcareworkers to utilize their cell phone to impart data with andrequest insights from trained professionals, general, wellbeing establishments, andgovernmental organizations. Likewise, these applications permit individualsand bunches with various jobs and duties to communi-cate quickly. During the COVID-19 pandemic and during epidemicsof other irresistible infections, like diphtheria and measles,medical bunches from TBH, the second biggest clinic in SouthAfrica, have effectively utilized transmission gatherings to rapidlycommunicate main points of contention and rules. Gathering individuals includemedical, nursing, security, authoritative, and lab staff, aswell as the emergency vehicle administration, debacle the board specialists, andprovincial general wellbeing authorities

The Covid sickness 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic illustratesthe significance of general wellbeing reaction procedures for timelyoutbreak control. The disappointment of well-resourced nations, for example, theUnited States of America and the United Kingdom to adequatelycontain this pandemic features the intricacy of enormous scalecontainment measures and raises worries for the effect of thisdisease in low-and center pay nations (LMICs), where fragilehealth frameworks, contending needs, destitution, and swarming affectthe ability to oversee wellbeing crises (1).Indeed, arecentanalysis ofhealth securitycapacities inthe contextofCOVID-19 showed that numerous LMICs are not operationally prepared toprevent, identify, or control an episode (2). In fact,publichealth measuresuseful inothersettingscannegatively impactdisadvantaged individuals in LMICs. For instance, numerous transient workersfound themselves without occupations after the declaration of thelockdown in India,compelling them to startlingly get back oncrowded prepares and transports with suggestions for transmission (3).The quickly expanding admittance to cell phones and smartphonetechnology among medical care staff and residents gives hugepotential to general wellbeing laborers, bleeding edge clinicians, andinstitutions to convey and act quickly in the setting ofrapidly evolving COVID-19 rules (4). In thisarticle, pondering overall activities just as ourexperience at Tygerberg Hospital (TBH) in the Western CapeProvince of South Africa, we examine three manners by which mobilephone correspondence can help support patient consideration anddisseminate data during the COVID-19 pandemic. advances in less resourced settings (5).Today, portable applications are utilized generally, consequently empowering healthcareworkers to utilize their cell phone to impart data with andrequest insights from trained professionals, general, wellbeing establishments, andgovernmental organizations. Likewise, these applications permit individualsand bunches with various jobs and duties to communi-cate quickly. During the COVID-19 pandemic and during epidemicsof other irresistible infections, like diphtheria and measles,medical bunches from TBH, the second biggest clinic in SouthAfrica, have effectively utilized transmission gatherings to rapidlycommunicate main points of contention and rules. Gathering individuals includemedical, nursing, security, authoritative, and lab staff, aswell as the emergency vehicle administration, debacle the board specialists, andprovincial general wellbeing authorities

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