To respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, investigators will be deploying community health workers, equipped with mobile technology, and accompanied by youth to visit households door to door to screen for symptoms of COVID-19, isolate, test, and manage suspected cases of COVID-19. The community health workers and youth will educate households about preventive measures including frequent handwashing and home management of mild cases. Simultaneously, investigators will work with nurses, doctors, and clinical officers, to test and treat more severe cases of COVID-19 in health facilities. Our goals are: to visit every household in Siaya county covering a population of close to 1 million, and to train and support health workers working in 32 health facilities with oxygen capacity in Siaya to reduce the morbidity and mortality related to COVID19 and other conditions.
Other: Training of youth, community health assistants and community health workers.
Training of youth, community health assistants, and community health workers in the screening, detection, contact tracing, prevention, and management of COVID-19 with concurrent maintenance of essential health services.
Other: Training clinicians in basic critical care and the management of severe COVID-19 cases
Training clinicians in basic critical care and the management of severe COVID-19 cases with concurrent maintenance of essential health services.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Youth aged 18 to 30 years old.
- Active community health workers.
- Facilities with oxygen capacity.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Individuals younger than 18 or older than 30 years old.
- Inactive community health workers.
- Facilities without oxygen capacity.
Surgical Systems Research Group/Tropical Institute of Community Health
Kisumu, Kenya
Neema Kaseje, MD, Principal Investigator
Surgical Systems Research Group