Response to COVID-19 pandemic in the UAE: A public health perspective
Farida Al Hosany, Subhashini Ganesan, Shammah Al Memari, Shereena Al Mazrouei, Faheem Ahamed, Ashish Koshy, Walid Zaher
Abstract
In the current pandemic of COVID-19 affecting countries across the globe, there are wide variations on how each country is handling the crisis.World leadership, economic status of the country, health care infrastructure, established public health foundations and various other factors play a role in it.Hence it becomes imperative to understand how the current pandemic, the biggest public health crisis, was handled in the UAE from a public health perspective. THE UAE IN COMBATING COVID-19The World Health Organization (WHO) has released recommendations on strategic preparedness and handling of the COVID-19 pandemic [1].Based on this, the article aims at discussing the UAE's efficient combat of COVID-19 crisis under six priority areas of work.