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From lionizing to protecting health care workers during and after COVID‐19—systems solutions for human tragedies

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  • Ethan Guillén
  • Marine Buissonnière
  • Christopher T. Lee

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During the COVID‐19 pandemic, health care workers (HCWs) have been lauded as heroes, yet both before and during the pandemic, they lacked the protections needed to keep them safe. We summarize data on HCW infections and deaths during previous epidemics, the costs of the failure to protect them, and provide recommendations for strengthening HCW protections by investments in and implementation of infection prevention and control and water, sanitation, and hygiene programs, training and career development, and national and global monitoring of HCW infections. We must move from placing individuals at undue risk to accepting collective responsibility and accountability for the well‐being of our HCWs and take concrete actions to protect HCWs who risk their lives to protect patients and populations.

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  • Ethan Guillén & Marine Buissonnière & Christopher T. Lee, 2021. "From lionizing to protecting health care workers during and after COVID‐19—systems solutions for human tragedies," International Journal of Health Planning and Management, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 36(S1), pages 20-25, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:ijhplm:v:36:y:2021:i:s1:p:20-25
    DOI: 10.1002/hpm.3138
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