A Survey of the Healthcare Workers in Afghanistan during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Healthcare workers (HCWs) in Afghanistan faced many challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. A cross-sectional, online survey was conducted from July 4, 2020 to July 12, 2020 to evaluate the working conditions and health situation of HCWs in Afghanistan during the pandemic. Healthcare workers from 3...

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Autores principales: Nemat, Arash, Asady, Abdullah, Raufi, Nahid, Zaki, Naqeebullah, Ehsan, Ehsanullah, Noor, Noor Ahmad Shah, Zeng, Qingchun
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7866349/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33308384
http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.20-1367
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Asady, Abdullah
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description Healthcare workers (HCWs) in Afghanistan faced many challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. A cross-sectional, online survey was conducted from July 4, 2020 to July 12, 2020 to evaluate the working conditions and health situation of HCWs in Afghanistan during the pandemic. Healthcare workers from 34 provinces, who were actively working in Afghan hospitals, were invited to participate in this study; 925 HCWs completed the survey. The results showed that 85% of the HCWs participated in the study were tested positive for COVID-19. This highlights the critical need of HCWs for personal protective equipment when caring for suspected and/or confirmed cases of the COVID-19.
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spelling pubmed-78663492021-02-17 A Survey of the Healthcare Workers in Afghanistan during the COVID-19 Pandemic Nemat, Arash Asady, Abdullah Raufi, Nahid Zaki, Naqeebullah Ehsan, Ehsanullah Noor, Noor Ahmad Shah Zeng, Qingchun Am J Trop Med Hyg Articles Healthcare workers (HCWs) in Afghanistan faced many challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. A cross-sectional, online survey was conducted from July 4, 2020 to July 12, 2020 to evaluate the working conditions and health situation of HCWs in Afghanistan during the pandemic. Healthcare workers from 34 provinces, who were actively working in Afghan hospitals, were invited to participate in this study; 925 HCWs completed the survey. The results showed that 85% of the HCWs participated in the study were tested positive for COVID-19. This highlights the critical need of HCWs for personal protective equipment when caring for suspected and/or confirmed cases of the COVID-19. The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2021-02 2020-12-11 /pmc/articles/PMC7866349/ /pubmed/33308384 http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.20-1367 Text en © The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7866349/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33308384
http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.20-1367
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