Role of a primary healthcare approach in COVID-19 pandemic response in the eastern Mediterranean region: multicountry case study synthesis

• Robert Marten,
• Shehla Zaidi,
• Kumanan Rasanathan,
• Fadi El-Jardali,
• Alexandra Edelman,
• Awad Mataria,
• Hassan Salah,
• Hagar Azab,
• Faraz Khalid,
• Nour Ataya

Affiliations

Robert Marten

5 Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Shehla Zaidi

3 Global Business School of Health, University College London Faculty of Population Health Sciences, London, UK

Kumanan Rasanathan

5 Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Fadi El-Jardali

1 American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

Alexandra Edelman

2 Menzies School of Health Research, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia

Awad Mataria

6 Universal Health Coverage/ Health Systems, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt

Hassan Salah

6 Universal Health Coverage/ Health Systems, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt

Hagar Azab

6 Universal Health Coverage/ Health Systems, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt

Faraz Khalid

7 Special Programme on Primary Health Care, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Nour Ataya

1 American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon