Cambridge Health Alliance, USA

Experience developing a community Covid-19 management strategy, lessons learned, and next steps from the Cambridge Health Alliance. The model spans the continuum of care and includes six key components: high-risk outreach, telephonic primary care, a phone triage system, a community management group, a respiratory clinic, and integrated emergency room/hospital care. Published May 2020.

Developing an Intensive Community Covid-19 Management Strategy- Helping Our Patients Access Patient-Centered Care across a Continuum of Covid-19 Disease Needs.pdf

Tarlac Province, Philippines

Case study on leveraging existing primary health care infrastructure for Covid-19 case management and infection control in Tarlac Province, Philippines. Includes the leveraging of the province's existing PHC electronic health information systems platform to launch the COVID Risk Assessment Monitoring and Management System (CRAMMS), and the use of Barangay (village) health stations and rural health units for active case monitoring and identification. Published July 2020.

Leveraging Primary Health Care for Case Management and Infection Control in Tarlac Province, Philippines.pdf

Ministry of Health, Malaysia

Primary health care initiatives utilized by the Ministry of Health in Malaysia, including reforms at the health clinic, addressing social distancing, infection and prevention control, sampling for Covid-19, targeted screening, and risk communication and community engagement. Published June 2020.

COVID-19 Primary Health Care Initiatives in Malaysia.pdf

Alberta Health Services, Canada

Primary care interventions utilized by Alberta Health Services in response to an outbreak of Covid-19 at a meatpacking plant, including implementation of a Covid Integrated Pathway designed to enable primary care physicians to standardize virtual care with the dual aim of accurately identifying high risk patients that need face to face assessment, while reducing acute care impact by keeping mild to moderate cases at home. Published August 2020.

UNC Health, USA

Experience of a community-centered mobile Covid-19 testing unit, including objectives, obstacles and implementation. Updated October 2020.

Rapid Deployment of a CommunityCentered Mobile Covid 19 Testing Unit to Improve Health Equity.pdf

Community Research Network, India

Experience of transmission of Covid-19 before and after the use of face shields in community health workers from a research network in Chennai, India. Published August 2020.

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