Multiple guidance documents on use of PHC to maintain access to routine and essential services. Selected protocols include:
Strategies for expanding the capacity and adapting operations of frontline care sites and providers, to allow people to access facility-based essential and routine services more safely throughout the pandemic. Published May 2020.
Safety & Facility Operations: Covid-19 Improvement Strategies.pdf
Guidelines for use of community based services for maintaining access to routine and essential services, including key opportunities and potential pathways for leveraging community-based PHC resources throughout the pandemic.
Community-based Services: Covid-19 Improvement Strategies
Guidance and SOP for community pharmacy services during Covid-19, including guidance for staff, operating model, infection prevention and control, managing suspected Covid-19 cases, and managing high-risk populations. Published October 2020.
Guidance on the restoration of community health services for children and young people, including vision screening, immunizations, pre-birth and 0-5 month service, and other services. June 2020.
Compendium of resources on women's, children's and adolescents' health during Covid-19: Library of technical and patient-facing guidance on numerous aspects of MNCH healthcare during the pandemic. Features resources from Unicef, WHO & UNFPA. Updated regularly.
Guiding principles for maintaining immunization services throughout the pandemic.
Guiding Principles For Maintaining Immunisation Services During The Covid-19 Pandemic