Role of Female Community Health Volunteers for Prevention and Control of COVID-19 in Nepal

Surya Bahadur Parajuli; Sabin Shrestha; Anisha Sah; Heera KC; Kapil Amgain; Prajjwal Pyakurel

Journal of Karnali Academy of Health Sciences (May 2020)

Role of Female Community Health Volunteers for Prevention and Control of COVID-19 in Nepal

Surya Bahadur Parajuli,
Sabin Shrestha,
Anisha Sah,
Heera KC,
Kapil Amgain,
Prajjwal Pyakurel

Affiliations

Surya Bahadur Parajuli: Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Birat Medical College & Teaching Hospital, Nepal; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0386-9273
Sabin Shrestha: Intern, Department of Community Medicine, Birat Medical College & Teaching Hospital, Nepal
Anisha Sah: Intern, Department of Community Medicine, Birat Medical College & Teaching Hospital, Nepal
Heera KC: Lecturer, Department of Nursing, Birat Health College, Purbanchal University, Nepal
Kapil Amgain: Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Anatomy and Cell Biology, Karnali Academy of Health Sciences, Jumla, Nepal
Prajjwal Pyakurel: Assistant Professor, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Nepal

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 1

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Female Community Health Volunteers (FCHVs) are the pillars of community health programs in Nepal who play a pivotal role in implementing various community based preventive, promotive, and curative health programs. In the context of COVID 19 pandemic and possible outbreak in Nepal, the only way by which it can be stopped at the moment is by prevention. This paper presents the role of FCHVs for the prevention and control of COVID 19 in Nepal.

Published in Journal of Karnali Academy of Health Sciences

ISSN: 2616-0064 (Print); 2676-1327 (Online)
Publisher: Karnali Academy of Health Sciences
Country of publisher: Nepal
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: https://jkahs.org.np/jkahs/index.php/jkahs

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