WHO Health Services Learning Hub
The Health Services Learning Hub (HLH) has just published an Action Brief on "Maintaining essential health services in Abia State, Nigeria".
The engagement of the local community played a key role in the mitigation of COVID-19's impact on health services. Key learnings from the Abia State (Nigeria) on managing the pandemic included that:
- Telemedicine played a crucial role in mitigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and maintaining essential health services.
- Community Health Extension Workers (CHEWs) were instrumental in the implementation of an outreach postnatal service during the first COVID-19 lockdown. This formed part of a broader effort to ensure the maintenance of MNCH services in Abia State.
- Engagement with local community leaders was key in building trust in the delivery of modified services. This holistic approach also laid the foundation for combating COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy.
You can find out more, and view the full action brief here: https://hlh.who.int/ab-detail/maintaining-essential-health-services-in-abia-state-nigeria
The WHO Health Services Learning Hub (HLH) is a knowledge platform that aims to drive cross-country learning on maintaining essential health services during the COVID19 pandemic & throughout the post-pandemic recovery phase. Find out more: https://hlh.who.int/about-us/overview
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Additionally, you can submit an action brief. You can contribute to the WHO Health Services Learning Hub by sharing examples of innovative approaches taken to mitigate the impact of COVID19 on essential health services.
These Action Briefs could help improve the global response: https://extranet.who.int/dataformv3/index.php/813253?lang=en
If you have an innovative approach to share on maintaining essential health services, pleasecomplete the submission form.
If you would like to be involved in other elements of the platform or have additional queries, please contacthlh@who.int.