Asia Pacific
Bhutan
Programs
COVID-19
Achievements
Supported the installation of 15 ventilators at five hospitals after assessing each hospital’s readiness and capacity to provide critical care.
Established a cadre of expert trainers composed of 20 nurses, physicians, and anesthesiologists to deliver trainings on critical care and COVID-19 case management to health care workers.
Adapted the adult COVID-19 case management training curricula — developed by EpiC and the University of California San Francisco — to the local context and used the curricula to train 100 doctors and 290 nurses in COVID-19 clinical case management.
Addressed capability gaps to provide critical care in health facilities by updating or developing eight intensive care unit clinical protocols to support management of COVID-19 patients.
Developed a web-based COVID-19 equipment tracking system and trained 40 biomedical personnel on the system’s use to ensure an accurate inventory of all COVID-19-related equipment in health facilities across the country.
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Rapidly strengthening capacity of health care workers in Bhutan to provide lifesaving COVID-19 case management and critical care | View |
Strengthening critical care capacity to manage COVID-19 patients in Bhutan | View |
Young doctor from Bhutan leads the country’s COVID-19 response | View |
COVID-19 case management in Bhutan: Establishing a cadre of master trainers | View |
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