Emerging challenges and threats for dental health care sector attributable to COVID-19: Tale of a developing country

Authors

Asma Sadruddin Pethani, Aga Khan UniversityFollow
Raheel Rehman Allana, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan
Mehmood Hussain, Hamdard University, Karachi, Pakistan

Document Type

Article

Department

Paediatrics and Child Health

Abstract

Prevention and control of infection in dentistry is an essential matter that has gained immense attention in recent years. There exist a lack of scientific data about the cross-transmission and its associated risk, especially in the dental health care setting of Pakistan. This article will evaluate the emerging challenges and threats for the dental community in Pakistan attributable to the COVID-19 outbreak. Moreover, there exists a significant knowledge gap regarding the state- and institutional-level infection prevention and control (IPC) policies and practices and not much is known about the development, implementation, and monitoring of IPC policies and its challenges.

Comments

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Publication (Name of Journal)

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Recommended Citation

Pethani, A. S., Allana, R. R., Hussain, M. (2020). Emerging challenges and threats for dental health care sector attributable to COVID-19: Tale of a developing country. Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health.
Available at: https://ecommons.aku.edu/pakistan_fhs_mc_women_childhealth_paediatr/905