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Challenges and Opportunities for Public Health Service in Oman From the COVID-19 Pandemic: Learning Lessons for a Better Future

Despite the apparent challenges inflicted by COVID-19 globally, the pandemic provided an opportunity to utilize and expand existing public health capacities for a more adaptive and resilient system during and after each wave of the disease. This paper provides a narrative review of Oman's publi...

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Autores principales: Al Khalili, Sulien, Al Maani, Amal, Al Wahaibi, Adil, Al Yaquobi, Fatma, Al-Jardani, Amina, Al Harthi, Khalid, Alqayoudhi, Abdullah, Al Manji, Abdullah, Al Rawahi, Bader, Al-Abri, Seif
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8695806/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34957024
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.770946
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author Al Khalili, Sulien
Al Maani, Amal
Al Wahaibi, Adil
Al Yaquobi, Fatma
Al-Jardani, Amina
Al Harthi, Khalid
Alqayoudhi, Abdullah
Al Manji, Abdullah
Al Rawahi, Bader
Al-Abri, Seif
author_facet Al Khalili, Sulien
Al Maani, Amal
Al Wahaibi, Adil
Al Yaquobi, Fatma
Al-Jardani, Amina
Al Harthi, Khalid
Alqayoudhi, Abdullah
Al Manji, Abdullah
Al Rawahi, Bader
Al-Abri, Seif
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description Despite the apparent challenges inflicted by COVID-19 globally, the pandemic provided an opportunity to utilize and expand existing public health capacities for a more adaptive and resilient system during and after each wave of the disease. This paper provides a narrative review of Oman's public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic from January 2020 to July 2021, and the challenges it faced for a more rapid and efficient response. The review demonstrates that the three main pillars influencing the direction of the pandemic and aiding the control are Oman's unified governmental leadership, the move to expand the capacity of the health care system at all levels, and community partnership in all stages of the response including the COVID-19 vaccination campaign. The opportunities identified during response stages in the harmonization of the multisectoral response, streamlining communication channels, addressing vulnerable communities (dormitories, residences at border regions), and providing professional technical leadership provide an excellent precursor for expediting the transformation of Oman's health care system to one with a multisectoral holistic approach. Some of the major challenges faced are the shortage of the public health cadre, lack of a fully integrated digital platform for surveillance, and the scarcity of experts in risk communication and community engagement. A future health system where the center for diseases surveillance and control acts as a nucleus for multisectoral expertise and leadership, which includes community representatives, is crucial to attain optimum health. The destruction inflicted by this prolong COVID-19 pandemic at all levels of human life had valued the importance of investing on preventive and preparedness strategies.
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spelling pubmed-86958062021-12-24 Challenges and Opportunities for Public Health Service in Oman From the COVID-19 Pandemic: Learning Lessons for a Better Future Al Khalili, Sulien Al Maani, Amal Al Wahaibi, Adil Al Yaquobi, Fatma Al-Jardani, Amina Al Harthi, Khalid Alqayoudhi, Abdullah Al Manji, Abdullah Al Rawahi, Bader Al-Abri, Seif Front Public Health Public Health Despite the apparent challenges inflicted by COVID-19 globally, the pandemic provided an opportunity to utilize and expand existing public health capacities for a more adaptive and resilient system during and after each wave of the disease. This paper provides a narrative review of Oman's public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic from January 2020 to July 2021, and the challenges it faced for a more rapid and efficient response. The review demonstrates that the three main pillars influencing the direction of the pandemic and aiding the control are Oman's unified governmental leadership, the move to expand the capacity of the health care system at all levels, and community partnership in all stages of the response including the COVID-19 vaccination campaign. The opportunities identified during response stages in the harmonization of the multisectoral response, streamlining communication channels, addressing vulnerable communities (dormitories, residences at border regions), and providing professional technical leadership provide an excellent precursor for expediting the transformation of Oman's health care system to one with a multisectoral holistic approach. Some of the major challenges faced are the shortage of the public health cadre, lack of a fully integrated digital platform for surveillance, and the scarcity of experts in risk communication and community engagement. A future health system where the center for diseases surveillance and control acts as a nucleus for multisectoral expertise and leadership, which includes community representatives, is crucial to attain optimum health. The destruction inflicted by this prolong COVID-19 pandemic at all levels of human life had valued the importance of investing on preventive and preparedness strategies. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-12-09 /pmc/articles/PMC8695806/ /pubmed/34957024 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.770946 Text en Copyright © 2021 Al Khalili, Al Maani, Al Wahaibi, Al Yaquobi, Al-Jardani, Al Harthi, Alqayoudhi, Al Manji, Al Rawahi and Al-Abri. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Al Khalili, Sulien
Al Maani, Amal
Al Wahaibi, Adil
Al Yaquobi, Fatma
Al-Jardani, Amina
Al Harthi, Khalid
Alqayoudhi, Abdullah
Al Manji, Abdullah
Al Rawahi, Bader
Al-Abri, Seif
Challenges and Opportunities for Public Health Service in Oman From the COVID-19 Pandemic: Learning Lessons for a Better Future
title Challenges and Opportunities for Public Health Service in Oman From the COVID-19 Pandemic: Learning Lessons for a Better Future
title_full Challenges and Opportunities for Public Health Service in Oman From the COVID-19 Pandemic: Learning Lessons for a Better Future
title_fullStr Challenges and Opportunities for Public Health Service in Oman From the COVID-19 Pandemic: Learning Lessons for a Better Future
title_full_unstemmed Challenges and Opportunities for Public Health Service in Oman From the COVID-19 Pandemic: Learning Lessons for a Better Future
title_short Challenges and Opportunities for Public Health Service in Oman From the COVID-19 Pandemic: Learning Lessons for a Better Future
title_sort challenges and opportunities for public health service in oman from the covid-19 pandemic: learning lessons for a better future
topic Public Health
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8695806/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34957024
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.770946
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