Oct. 6, 2020
Global
Publication
Engaging and empowering people and communities,
Reorienting the model of care,
Coordinating services within and across sectors,
Creating an enabling environment
Lessons on the COVID-19 pandemic, for and by primary care professionals worldwide
During the early stage of the pandemic, primary care continued as the first point of contact to the health system but was poorly informed by policy makers on how to fulfil its role and ill equipped to provide care while protecting staff and patients against further spread of the infection. The pandemic presents important lessons to strengthen health systems through better connection between public health, primary care, and secondary care to cope better with future waves of this and other pandemics.