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Comprehensive occupational health services for healthcare workers in Zimbabwe during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.

Fungai KavengaHannah M RickmanRudo M S ChingonoTinotenda TaruvingaTakudzwa MaremboJusten ManasaEdson MarambireGrace McHughCelia L GregsonTsitsi BandasonNicol RedzoAspect MaunganidzeTsitsi MagureChiratidzo NdhlovuHilda Angela MujuruSimbarashe RusakanikoPortia ManangaziraRashida A FerrandKatharina Kranzer
Published in: PloS one (2021)
Cases of SARS-CoV-2 in healthcare workers mirrored the national epidemic curve. Implementation of comprehensive occupational health services during a pandemic was feasible, and uptake was high. Other comorbidities were highly prevalent, which may be risk factors for severe COVID-19 but are also important independent causes of morbidity and mortality. Healthcare workers are critical to combatting COVID-19; it is essential to support their physical and psychological wellbeing during the pandemic and beyond.
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