A review of the John F. Kennedy Medical Center's response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Liberia.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Over the past decades, the world has experienced a series of emerging and re-emerging infectious disease pandemics with dire consequences for economies and healthcare delivery. Hospitals are expected to have the ability to detect and respond appropriately to epidemics with minimal disruptions to routine services. We sought to review the John F. Kennedy Medical Center's readiness to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

We used the pretest-posttest design in June 2021 and May 2023 to assess the hospital's improvements in its COVID-19 readiness capacity by collecting data on the hospital's characteristics and using the WHO COVID-19 Rapid hospital readiness checklist. We scored each readiness indicator according to the WHO criteria and the hospital's overall readi

SUBMITTER: Wachekwa I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10803570 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature