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Community Participation–A Way Forward in Fight against COVID-19 Pandemic

Pandve HT* and Kannan S*
* Corresponding author
ISSN: 2639-2038  10.23880/eij-16000153  Received: July 11, 2020  Published: July 28, 2020
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Abstract

The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.” Coretta Scott King. Community participation is one of the four pillars in primary health care and involves both theory and practice related to the direct involvement of citizens or citizen action groups potentially affected by or interested in a decision or action. Several landmark reports have emphasized the importance of community participation, including the Bhore Committee (1946) [3], Srivastava Committee (1975) and Alma Ata Declaration of 1978 [5]. Recommendations of these committees include social orientation of medical practice, creating para-professionals or semi-professionals from the community and bringing community participation to the fore along with recognizing rights and duties of people to participate in the planning and implementation of healthcare services.

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@article{pandve2020,
  title   = {Community Participation–A Way Forward in Fight against COVID-19
Pandemic},
  author  = {Pandve HT* and Kannan S},
  journal = {Epidemiology International Journal},
  year    = {2020},
  volume  = {4},
  number  = {4},
  doi     = {10.23880/eij-16000153}
}
Pandve HT* and Kannan S (2020). Community Participation–A Way Forward in Fight against COVID-19
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