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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2020(V-II).01      10.31703/gssr.2020(V-II).01      Published : Jun 2020

Covid-19: Studying Policy Gap in Relation to Role of Primary Health Care in Pakistan

    The novel COVID-19 pandemic is yet to unfold its impact and long-run consequences. Both developed and developing nations are trying their level best to cope and address the current situation in their respective affected regions with the help of the international guidelines and through their own experiences. The policies play an effective and efficient role in understanding different dimensions of the practices including social distancing, washing hands, wearing masks and most above all the lockdown. Such series of actions demand strong policy and learning both from global scenarios and national or provincial experiences. This study suggests how the policy gap may be identified to especially link the primary health care for the adequate response to this challenge. The study covered the editions of the latest news journals, newspapers, websites published between the months of March 2020 to April 2020 because the Pandemic paced up in these months.

    Primary Health Care, Quarantine, Health Care Resources, Economic Burden
    (1) Shaheer Ellahi Khan
    Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Bahria University Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (2) Abid Ghafoor Chaudhry
    Chairman, Department of Anthropology, PMAS Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan
    (3) Mahwish Zeeshan
    Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, PMAS Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan.