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Volume 19, Issue 8


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From the Editor

Editorial
A. Abyad (Chief Editor)

Special Editorial :
Bashing and murder of doctors and health care workers in Myanmar
Lesley Pocock
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DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2021.940104
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Regional Policy and Covid

Primary Health Care in Pandemics: Barriers, Challenges and Opportunities
Tawfik A M Khoja, Waris Qidwai, Salman Rawaf, Faisal A Alnaser, Kashmira Nanji, Abdullah T Khoja, Nabil Yasin Al Kurashi, Nagwa Eid Sobhy Saad, Wafa Halasa, Taghreed M Farahat, Mohammed Al Shafaee, Mariam Al Shetti, Muntazar Bashir, Wadeia Alsharief, Rihab AlWotayan, Saied Alimky, Huda al-duwaisan
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DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2021.94090

Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on career perceptions among medical students in (IMSIU)
Abdulmalk Abdullah Almadhi, Abdulaziz H Alhorishi, Abdullah Z Alnamshan, Faris A Alkhamis, Ruba S Alosaimi, Turki Y Alassaf, Fahad A Alateeq
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DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2021.94091

Public willingness to receive COVID-19 vaccine in Saudi Arabia
Abdulrahman Alamri, Noura Ali Alshahrani, Alaa Abdulrahman Al Bakita, Anhar saud alqahtani, Jamilah Hassan Aldaleel Alshahrani, Maram saad Alshahrani
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DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2021.94092

Original Contribution

A Multicenter Cross-sectional Study to Assess the Knowledge of Oral Health Problems Among Diabetes Patients in Saudi Arabia
Afnan A. Malibari, Mariann H. Al-Jehani, Dareen A. Qattan, Noor S. Alharbi, Morooj H. Alharbi, Hanan S. Bin Yahib, Abdullah M Alzahrani
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[Abstract]
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2021.94093

Prevalence and Co-occurrence of Major Depression and Generalized Anxiety Disorders Among Adolescents in Qatar
Muneera Al-Muhannadi, Khalid Al-Karbi, Hashed Ahmed Ali Amran, Amr Faisal Alsharafi, Omar Taha Alabbas, Khalid Al-Marri, Mohamed Salem
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[Abstract]
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2021.94094

Efficacy of curcumin on inflammatory pain across different disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis of Randomized controlled trials
Khalid Al-Karbi, Muneera Al-Muhannadi, Yosaf Al-Rabeei, Rashed J. Al-Kubaisi, Ahamad Bawazir, Mohamed H Mahmoud
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DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2021.94095

Teachers' awareness regarding first-aid management and control of epistaxis inside schools in Taif region, Saudi Arabia
Sattam Aljuaid, Rahaf A. Alqahtani, Sarah H. Alqasem, Yara T. Alsulaimani, Shahad A. Alqahtani, Shmookh M. Alsalmi, Rawan M. Altowairqi
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DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2021.94096

Relationship between Socioeconomic Status and Parental Feeding Practices for Children 3-5 years old
Eman Elsayed Sedik Ibrahim, Rasha Saad Alkholy, Heba Galal Elnahas, Marwa Sayed Mohamed Said
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DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2021.94097

Perception, feedback regarding post-surgical complications of tracheostomy
Ali Maeed Suliman Al-Shehri, Alaa Abdulrahman H Alshehri, Wajd Abdulwahab Saeed Almathami, Zoha Saleh A Alghamdi, Afnan Sultan M Alshehri, Azza Mofareh Obaid Almarir, Raghad Abdullah Y Asiri, Rehab Saleh M Al doban, Shuruq Zafer A Alshehri
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DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2021.94098

Assessment of Health Care Workers' Knowledge and Practice Toward Infection Standard Precautions in Primary Health Care setting, Buraidah, Saudi Arabia
Hanein Saad ALjohani, Amel Abdalrahim Sulaiman
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DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2021.940103

Population and Community Studies

Special Editorial: Bashing and murder of doctors and health care workers in Myanmar
Lesley Pocock
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[Abstract]
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2021.940104

Prevalence, Awareness and Perception of Influenza Vaccine among Geriatrics in Abha region, Saudi Arabia
Mona Majrashi, Abdulrahman Majrashi, Amani Osman, Safar Abadi Al-Saleem
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[Abstract]
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2021.94099

The pattern of diabetic foot and its complications in Albaha, Saudi Arabia
Ahmed H AlGhamdi, Ali G AlGhamdi, Anwar A AlGhamdi, Mohammed A Aldokhi, Amal M AlZahrani, Ebtehal S AlGhamdi, Ahmed A AlZahrani, Riyadh Abdullah Alghamdi
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[Abstract]
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2021.940105

Awareness regarding diabetic peripheral neuropathy and its risk factors among diabetics in Muhayil City, Saudi Arabia
Mosa Bahhary, Yahia M. Alkhaldi, Safar A Alsaleem
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[Abstract]
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2021.94100

Prevalence, determinants and impact of migraine on quality of life of healthcare workers at primary healthcare centers in Abha City, Saudi Arabia
Fahad Jaber Salman Alfaifi, Mohammed Yahia Qasim, Adel Mushref Al-Harban, Saeed Saad A Alqahtani, Nasser Mubarak S Alshahrani
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DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2021.94101

Burnout among the Directors of the Internal Medicine Residency Training Program in Saudi Arabia
Mohammed Abdulrahman Basheikh
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DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2021.94102

Review

Barriers to Premarital Thalassemia Screening in Asia
Nazish Jaffar, Laaraib Khan, Urooba Imran Ahmed, Nimra Hussain Vistro, Amna khan, M. Yousuf Memon
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[Abstract]
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2021.94106

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August 2021 - Volume 19, Issue 8

Primary Health Care in Pandemics: Barriers, Challenges and Opportunities

Tawfik A M Khoja (1)
Waris Qidwai (2)
Salman Rawaf (3)
Faisal A Alnaser (4)
Kashmira Nanji (5)
Abdullah T Khoja (6)
Nabil Yasin Al Kurashi (7)
Nagwa Eid Sobhy Saad (8)
Wafa Halasa (9)
Taghreed M Farahat (10)
Mohammed Al Shafaee (11)
Mariam Al Shetti (12)
Muntazar Bashir (13)
Wadeia Alsharief (14)
Rihab AlWotayan (15)
Saied Alimky (16)
Huda al-duwaisan (17)

(1) Hon Professor, Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College London, UK, Secretary-General of Arab Hospital Federation.(2) Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Aga Khan University, Pakistan(3) Professor of Public Health, Director, WHO Collaborating Centre, Department of Primary Care and Public Health, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine Imperial College London, UK(4) Hon Professor, Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College London, UK, Professor of Family Medicine, Home Health Care Centre, Bahrain(5) Consultant Epidemiologist, Biostatistician(6) Associate Prof. Public Health and Family Medicine, Al Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University
(7) Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University, Saudi Arabia(8) Prof Int Med and Former Head of Family Medicine Department, Cairo University(9) Family Physician, Amman, Jordan(10) Chair Person of Egyptian Family Medicine Association and Faculty of Medicine, Menoufiya University(11) Professor of Family Medicine and Dean of College of Medicine and Health
Sciences, National University of Science and Technology, Sultanate of Oman
(12) Family Physician, Bahrain (13) Department of Family Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia(14) Director, Medical Education and Research Department, Dubai Health Authority, UAE
President, Family Medicine Scientific Council, Arab Board of Health Specialization Council(15) Director of International Health Relations, Ministry of Health, State of Kuwait (16) Oman(17) Head of the Primary Health Care Faculty at the Kuwait, Institution for Medical Specialization

Corresponding Author:
Professor Waris Qidwai
Department of Family Medicine,
Aga Khan University
Pakistan
Email: waris.qidwai@aku.edu

Received: June 2021; Accepted: July 2021; Published: August 1, 2021. Citation: Qidwai W. et al. Primary Health Care in Pandemics: Barriers, Challenges and Opportunities. World Family Medicine. 2021; 19(8): 6-11 DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2021.94090

Abstract


COVID-19 has become a major global public health threat. It started from Wuhan a province of China in December 2019 and has spread in every country of the globe with over 100 million people currently infected and over three million deaths as of May 2021. Nearly a year on, with many town and cities are in lockdown and with all public health measures to minimize transmission of the virus SARS-COV-2 and the scientific achievements with many vaccines developed in record time, the transmission in the second wave is still strong with new variants of the virus emerging. The pandemic has caused a serious impact on the economic, social, political, and cultural dynamics of people, globally. The majority of people with mild and moderate symptoms of COVID-19 seek primary care (PC) service as the entry point for getting medical intervention, reducing flow to hospital care. Currently, primary care settings are facing major challenges including lack of funds, poor infrastructure in some countries, and shortage of health care workers and equipment. Most, if not all primary care centers are not designed to separate people with the virus. The pandemic so far shows that strengthening primary care as the first point of contact with the health system is vital. The health systems of the future cannot be resilient without strong primary care for all, capable of meeting population health needs and aspiration for good health and well-being.

Key words:
COVID-19, Pandemics,
Epidemic,
Primary Health Care,
Primary Care Services







 


 
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