This panel discussion will describe the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on community-based services for both malaria and TB services, with representatives from the USAID/PMI Defeat Malaria Activity in Myanmar and the USAID TB Platforms Project in the Philippines. Panelists will discuss the design and review of COVID-19 contingency plans and provide an overview of how their projects have been able to maintain community outreach, community-based prevention and screening efforts and overall project implementation during this unprecedented public health emergency. The panel will also underscore the importance of maintaining these activities during public health emergencies to ensure integrity of the health system…more
Indeed,community based work should continue with addition of extra information to the public.Covid prevention tactics,wearing masks and hand hygiene too should be emphasized .The continuation is to prevent mums forgetting the immunization of their babies and children,.This would prevent other diseases which are preventable through immunization.