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  • The urgent need for a global commitment to protect healthcare workers - BMJ

    BMJ Global Health
    020;5:e004077. doi:10.1136/ bmjgh-2020-004077

    Ambrose Talisuna ,1,2 Zabulon Yoti,3 Christopher Lee,4 Thomas R Frieden,4Matshidiso R Moeti5
    Summary box
    • ► Health workers are essential for improved global health, but are at disproportionate risk of contracting COVID-19 as well as experiencing adverse mental health impacts.
    • ► We must better protect this essential workforce, be- cause when health workers are at risk, their patients and the entire health system are also at risk.
    • ► All WHO Member States and donor organisations must take immediate and speci c action to better protect this essential workforce.
    • ► A comprehensive approach will be required that involves the full hierarchy of infection prevention controls as well as systematic collection of data on health worker infections.

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