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Emergency management to avoid the spread of the COVID‐19 pandemic in Gaza Strip

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  • Alaa M. A. Musalam
  • Raed E. S. Abunamous
  • Nizam M. El‐Ashgar
  • Ahmed S. Alhana

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Gaza Strip is exposed to the danger of the novel coronavirus pandemic ‘nCOVID‐19’ spread, which exacerbates the crises severity on this besieged area since 2007. This study aims to identify the preventive actions during the action effectiveness implemented by the Central Emergency Committee and the Ministry of Health to reduce the coronavirus spread in Gaza Strip. The researchers have followed the descriptive and the analytical methodology of the purposive sample responses data from the preventive medicine workers, the security team, and the members of the Central Emergency Committee.The most important results of the study showed that targeted peoples have been reexamined several times to ensure that they are recovered from the disease with an average of 81.0%. The reliability and accuracy of the detection tests of the coronavirus disease were of an average of 79.33%. In addition, the results demonstrate the existence of a strong correlation between the preventive action taken by the Central Emergency Committee and the effectiveness of the procedures to prevent the coronavirus pandemic. Also, the study shows a statistical significance effect at the level of significance (α ≤ 0.05) regarding the prevention procedures from the coronavirus pandemic and the effectiveness of the procedures.

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  • Alaa M. A. Musalam & Raed E. S. Abunamous & Nizam M. El‐Ashgar & Ahmed S. Alhana, 2021. "Emergency management to avoid the spread of the COVID‐19 pandemic in Gaza Strip," International Journal of Health Planning and Management, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 36(5), pages 1742-1757, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:ijhplm:v:36:y:2021:i:5:p:1742-1757
    DOI: 10.1002/hpm.3260
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