Abstract

IR of Iran National Mobilization against COVID-19 Epidemic.

Highlights

  • The 2019 novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), which was first reported in December 2019 in Wuhan, China has since spread across the world

  • Following the implementation of the Health Transformation Plan (HTP) in 2015, the Network witnessed an improvement in status in urban and suburban areas, yielding acceptable coverage to all urban and rural populations.[3]

  • Through rural community-based health workers (CHWs) known as Behvarz, each health house covers an average population of 1000 individuals, providing active preventive care, health promotion, screening, and simple symptomatic treatment services for predefined conditions as well as referrals to rural comprehensive health centers (RCHCs) and district hospitals

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Introduction

The 2019 novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), which was first reported in December 2019 in Wuhan, China has since spread across the world. Through rural community-based health workers (CHWs) known as Behvarz, each health house covers an average population of 1000 individuals, providing active preventive care, health promotion, screening, and simple symptomatic treatment services for predefined conditions as well as referrals to RCHCs (in cases requiring medical care) and district hospitals (in emergency cases).

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