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Now available! New guidelines 📙 to help countries maintain essential health services & safeguard health care workers 👨‍⚕️⚕️👩‍⚕️ during #COVID19 outbreak. 👉 bit.ly/3aq6CRg

#coronavirus

Countries 🌏🌍🌎  face difficult choices in balancing the demands of responding to #COVID19, & maintaining access to essential health services for the population. 🧔🏥👩

WHO guidance aims to help them  👉 bit.ly/3aq6CRg

#coronavirus #HealthForAll

To navigate through #COVID19 challenges, countries are working out how to best support their people by
 
✅Identifying health service priorities
✅Continuing essential service delivery
✅Optimizing resources for maximum benefits of everyone

👉bit.ly/3aq6CRg #Coronavirus

While dealing with tremendous health needs during #COVID19 outbreak, countries must not forget to:

✔️Keep the highest standard in precautions (💯hygiene practices)
✔️Ensure adequate supplies (💯PPE)
✔️Communicate between govts, health facilities & their managers.

#coronavirus

Amidst #COVID19, It’s vital to deliver vaccines 💉 to protect people from old killers. New guidance 📕 provides all countries with advice on the importance of maintaining safe immunization services during a pandemic 👉bit.ly/3aq6CRg

During an emergency, well-prepared/organized health systems ✅🏥 allow countries to:

1⃣Provide equitable access to essential service delivery
2⃣Limit direct mortality
3⃣Avoid increased indirect mortality

 More in our guidelines 👉bit.ly/3aq6CRg

#coronavirus #COVID19