COVID-19 Pandemic: Response by Department of Community Medicine in a Medical College of Mumbai, India

The role of community medicine in epidemiology and disease outbreaks is significant. Covid-19 pandemic was an opportunity to realize this potential.Here we present the role of Community Medicine department of a Medical College in Mumbai, which was a global hotspot for Covid -19. The responses were i...

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Autores principales:	Gajanan Velhal, Anuradha Kunal Shah, Chinnu Varughese
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Publicado:	Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:5ebdf508d6eb456c871140e2eb5aafc02021-11-17T09:11:23ZCOVID-19 Pandemic: Response by Department of Community Medicine in a Medical College of Mumbai, India10.51957/Healthline_226_20212229-337X2320-1525https://doaj.org/article/5ebdf508d6eb456c871140e2eb5aafc02021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.healthlinejournal.org/index_pdf/382.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/2229-337Xhttps://doaj.org/toc/2320-1525The role of community medicine in epidemiology and disease outbreaks is significant. Covid-19 pandemic was an opportunity to realize this potential.Here we present the role of Community Medicine department of a Medical College in Mumbai, which was a global hotspot for Covid -19. The responses were initiated in the first week of February, prior to the detection of the first case in the city. With the progression of the pandemic, the roles have changed and adapted accordingly. The activity of Community Medicine department is unique to this specialty and has provided a lifetime experience for its residents andfaculty.Our purpose here is to project the roles depicted in this model so that some of them can be followed by community medicine departments of other colleges and continued post-pandemic too. Gajanan VelhalAnuradha Kunal ShahChinnu VarugheseIndian Association of Preventive and Social Medicinearticlecommunity medicinecovid-19pandemicMedicineRPublic aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENHealthline, Vol 12, Iss 3, Pp 101-105 (2021)
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description	The role of community medicine in epidemiology and disease outbreaks is significant. Covid-19 pandemic was an opportunity to realize this potential.Here we present the role of Community Medicine department of a Medical College in Mumbai, which was a global hotspot for Covid -19. The responses were initiated in the first week of February, prior to the detection of the first case in the city. With the progression of the pandemic, the roles have changed and adapted accordingly. The activity of Community Medicine department is unique to this specialty and has provided a lifetime experience for its residents andfaculty.Our purpose here is to project the roles depicted in this model so that some of them can be followed by community medicine departments of other colleges and continued post-pandemic too.
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title	COVID-19 Pandemic: Response by Department of Community Medicine in a Medical College of Mumbai, India
title_short	COVID-19 Pandemic: Response by Department of Community Medicine in a Medical College of Mumbai, India
title_full	COVID-19 Pandemic: Response by Department of Community Medicine in a Medical College of Mumbai, India
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COVID-19 Pandemic: Response by Department of Community Medicine in a Medical College of Mumbai, India

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