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Editor, Senior Moderator
J Prev Med Public Health
. 2020 Jul;53(4):233-235.
doi: 10.3961/jpmph.20.235. Epub 2020 Jul 22.
Unconventional Answers to Unprecedented Challenges: The Swedish Experience During the COVID-19 Outbreak
Giuseppe Valeriani[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Iris Sarajlic Vukovic[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Richard Mollica[SUP] 3 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Since its early stages, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has posed immense challenges in meeting the public health and healthcare and social care needs of migrants. In line with other reports from United Kingdom and United States, data from Sweden's health authority show that migrants have been disproportionately affected by COVID-19. Following the World Health Organization's statements, as well as the European Public Health Association's call for action, several centres in Sweden's most populated areas have activated tools to implement national plans for community outreach through initiatives targeting migrants and ethnic minority groups. Unconventional means should be promoted to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on migrants and the health of the public at large.
Keywords: COVID-19; Community health; Healthcare delivery; Migrants; Telemedicine.
. 2020 Jul;53(4):233-235.
doi: 10.3961/jpmph.20.235. Epub 2020 Jul 22.
Unconventional Answers to Unprecedented Challenges: The Swedish Experience During the COVID-19 Outbreak
Giuseppe Valeriani[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Iris Sarajlic Vukovic[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Richard Mollica[SUP] 3 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 32752592
- DOI: 10.3961/jpmph.20.235
Abstract
Since its early stages, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has posed immense challenges in meeting the public health and healthcare and social care needs of migrants. In line with other reports from United Kingdom and United States, data from Sweden's health authority show that migrants have been disproportionately affected by COVID-19. Following the World Health Organization's statements, as well as the European Public Health Association's call for action, several centres in Sweden's most populated areas have activated tools to implement national plans for community outreach through initiatives targeting migrants and ethnic minority groups. Unconventional means should be promoted to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on migrants and the health of the public at large.
Keywords: COVID-19; Community health; Healthcare delivery; Migrants; Telemedicine.