IntraHealth International Urges Action to Protect Frontline Health Workers amid COVID-19 Pandemic

April 13, 2020We at IntraHealth International are joining our partners in the Frontline Health Workers Coalition to urge action to protect health workers from on-the-job dangers introduced by ongoing the COVID-19 pandemic.“Never has there been a more important time to focus on health workers,” saidPolly Dunford, IntraHealth’s president and CEO, inDevex last week.“Rarely have they faced such danger on such a massive scale. We have an obligation to keep frontline health workers everywhere safe, including making sure all have the personal protective equipment they need.”As more health workers get sick, hospitals become shorter-staffed and more overwhelmed.Worldwide, health workers are facing huge risks as shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE)—along with the longstanding global shortage of health workers—leaves many battling this infectious disease over long shifts and without the proper supplies. As more health workers become sick with—or even die from—coronavirus complications, hospitals become shorter-staffed and more overwhelmed. This leaves communities everywhere more vulnerable to coronavirus as well as everyday health needs, such as services for maternal and child health, HIV, family planning, hypertension, and more.Read the Frontline Health Workers Coalition’spolicy recommendations for COVID-19 response.IntraHealth is calling for urgent action to protect health workers, including to:Get personnel and P...
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