Current Research in Emergency Medicine
[ ISSN : 2832-5699 ]
Home Isolation Kits Designed and Distributed Support COVID-19 Patients Across Nepal - A Field Action Report
1Department of Emergency Medicine, Brown University Alpert Medical School, 55 Claverick St., Providence, RI, USA
2HAPSA Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal
3The White Grain Foundation, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Abstract
Nepal was on a brink of a humanitarian crises during the peak of delta wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic. As an effort to mitigate the strain on already overstretched health system, a local non-governmental organization, HAPSA Nepal, designed and distributed a home isolation kit to encourage care from home. The kit included items like pulse oximeters, detailed instructions for home COVID 19 management, and a COVID-19 support hotline information. This rapid response in coordination with the local governments across Nepal supported nearly 7000 people in home isolation during the height of the pandemic in Nepal.