The importance of community health workers as frontline responders during the COVID-19 pandemic, Somalia, 2020–2021

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

We examined the contribution of community health workers as frontline responders for the community-based surveillance in Somalia during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic for detection of COVID-19 cases and identification of contacts.

Methods

We retrieved COVID-19 surveillance data from 16 March 2020 to 31 March 2021 from the health ministry’s central database. These data were collected through community health workers, health facilities or at the points of entry. We compared the number of suspected COVID-19 cases detected by the three surveillance systems and the proportion that tested positive using the chi-squared test. We used logistic regression analysis to assess association between COVID-19 infection and selected variables.

Results

During

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PROVIDER: S-EPMC10469613 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature