Abstract
Official publication of the College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka and was established in 1995. Full text articles available.Journal of the College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka (JCCPSL) has been recognised by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) as a publication following the ICMJE Recommendations. The journal is indexed in DOAJ.Manuscripts are only accepted online through the portal of the JCCPSL https://jccpsl.sljol.info/ . The prospective authors must read carefully the section on Author Guidelines and prepare their manuscript accordingly. To submit a manuscript or to check the status of a submission the authors must first be registered in the JCCPSL Editorial Management System using an existing or newly created username and password. Next, choose the ‘Start Submission’ link and follow the five-step article submission process which is a simple and self-guided process.
Highlights
Authors believe that tele-health is a better way of continuing maternal services in situations where access to health care is limited, such as disease outbreak situations during periods of natural disasters, especially floods
All the medical officers of health (MOH) and visiting obstetrician and gynaecologist (VOG) in Galle DistrictAuthor contributions: All authors were involved in the implementation of tele-health services, planning of the article and in literature search. KPJ, BCM and IEG drafted the manuscript and all authors were involved in editing it. IEG did the overall supervision. All authors approved the final manuscript
Summary
Maternal care services in Sri Lanka are recognized as one of the best services in South-East Asia. The country has a good health system for delivering all maternal and child healthcare services to grass root level. These services were interrupted with the outbreak of COVID-19 in Sri Lanka. From March 2020, provision of the routine maternal and childcare services underwent alterations. This narrative report highlights the use of tele-health services to continue maternal care services when the access to services was limited due to precautions taken at field level during COVID-19 global pandemic in Sri Lanka
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