scholarly journals Prevaccination screening of health-care workers for immunity to measles, rubella, mumps, and varicella in a developing country: What do we save?

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emine Alp ◽  
Fatma Cevahir ◽  
Selma Gökahmetoglu ◽  
Hayati Demiraslan ◽  
Mehmet Doganay
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Developing Country ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Prevaccination Screening

Measles, rubella, mumps, and varicella seroprevalence among health care workers in Turkey: Is prevaccination screening cost-effective?

2006 ◽  
Vol 34 (9) ◽  
pp. 583-587 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aysel Celikbas ◽  
Onder Ergonul ◽  
Sabahat Aksaray ◽  
Nilden Tuygun ◽  
Harika Esener ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Screening Cost ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Prevaccination Screening

scholarly journals Conundrums of the second line health care workers during the time of a pandemic: analytical solutions based on the experience from a developing country

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 243-247
Author(s):  
Akhil Paul
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Medical Ethics ◽  
Developing Country ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Analytical Solutions ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Second Line ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Entire World ◽  
Self Protection

The COVID 19 pandemic has affected the entire world, and it is continuing to spread morbidity, mortality, and chaos. The second line of health care workers who are not treating the COVID 19 infected patients also plays a significant role during this pandemic by treating other diseases and screening for COVID 19 infection. Nevertheless, many of them still struggle to identify and understand their role, lost between the idea of self-protection and principles of medical ethics. This article is trying to break the ice by solving a few common conundrums based on India's experiences.

scholarly journals Resuming elective surgeries in Corona pandemic from the perspective of a developing country

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yogesh Kumar Sarin
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Developing Country ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Patient Population ◽  
Elective Surgery ◽  
Healthcare Facilities ◽  
Surgical Services ◽  
Care Workers

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare facilities have entered into a “crisis mode”. One of the measures used to allow hospitals to surge their capacity and serve the patient population with COVID-19 infection was the suspension of elective activity, most importantly elective surgery and other procedures. Now as the infection is fading, efforts are being made to resume elective surgical services keeping in mind the safety of the patient and health care workers. Resuming surgical services in developing countries is an uphill task. 

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