Mental Health and Psychosocial Support for Persons in Quarantine and Isolation Facilities During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Namibia
| Autor: | Simon George Taukeni, Rachel Freeman, Eveline Ndinelao Kalomo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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0301 basic medicine
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Isolation (health care) business.industry Psychosocial support Mental health law.invention 03 medical and health sciences 030104 developmental biology 0302 clinical medicine law Environmental health Quarantine Pandemic Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine business Multi sectoral |
| DOI: | 10.4018/978-1-7998-4414-3.ch003 |
| Popis: | In this chapter, the authors describe the essential need of mental health and psychosocial support for people accommodated in mandatory quarantine and isolation facilities during the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic in Namibia through a multi-sectoral response. Namibia recorded its first two index cases on 13 March 2020 when a married couple arrived in the Windhoek district in Namibia from Madrid, Spain on 11 March 2020. Namibia has since March 2020 provided supervised quarantine services to 12,128 persons in facilities around the country. The Ministry of Health and Social Services provides mental health and psychosocial support services, which were critical in the short and long-term response to COVID-19 pandemic. Public health measures were developed in line with WHO guidelines to contain the virus. These measures include the need of setting up quarantine and isolation facilities. Recommendations for future research in strengthening mental health and psychosocial support services and coping strategies are provided in the chapter. |
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