The coronavirus outbreak: the central role of primary care in emergency preparedness and response

Affiliations

¹ Research Fellow, Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
² Professor of Primary Care and Immediate Past President of the World Organisation of Family Doctors (WONCA), Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.
³ President, World Organisation of Family Doctors (WONCA), Hong Kong, China.
⁴ GP Academic Clinical Fellow, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK drlukeallen@gmail.com.

Catherine Dunlop et al. BJGP Open. 2020.

. 2020 May 1;4(1):bjgpopen20X101041.

doi: 10.3399/bjgpopen20X101041. Print 2020.

¹ Research Fellow, Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
² Professor of Primary Care and Immediate Past President of the World Organisation of Family Doctors (WONCA), Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.
³ President, World Organisation of Family Doctors (WONCA), Hong Kong, China.
⁴ GP Academic Clinical Fellow, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK drlukeallen@gmail.com.

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Keywords: Infectious illness; coronavirus; general practice; health promotion and prevention; primary health care; respiratory illness.

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[Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Latin America: Role of primary care in preparedness and response].
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