The COVID-19 pandemic and Community Health Workers: An opportunity to maintain delivery of care and education for families of children with epilepsy in Zambia

J Glob Health. 2020 Dec;10(2):020329. doi: 10.7189/jogh.10.020329.

Authors

Lauren Sham¹, Ornella Ciccone², Archana A Patel^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, Division of Epilepsy & Clinical Neurophysiology. Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School. Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
² University Teaching Hospital - Lusaka Children's Hospital. Lusaka, Zambia.
³ Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Zambia School of Medicine, Lusaka, Zambia.

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Community Health Workers / organization & administration*
Community Health Workers / standards
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
Developing Countries
Epilepsy / therapy*
Family*
Hand Hygiene / methods
Health Education / organization & administration
House Calls*
Humans
Medication Adherence
Pandemics
Personal Protective Equipment
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
SARS-CoV-2
Zambia / epidemiology