Date
During the pandemic, the Ministry of Health provided formal guidelines to Senior Citizen Homes that saw the homes closed to visitors. The Homes were placed under the County Medical Officer of Health and staff were screened and required to use PPEs. The Ministry also provided guidelines on infection prevention and control at these facilities.
General Objectives
To reduce the risk of COVID-19 in the elderly population
Beneficiaries
Elderly population
Country
Type
Programmes
Responsible institution
Topics / Chapters
Main Priority Measure
C.26 - Adequate health policies
Bring health policies into line with the challenges of the varied and changing epidemiological profile arising from ageing and the epidemiological transition, reinforcing the fight to eradicate communicable diseases and implementing actions for the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases traditionally referred to as non-communicable, but now known to be strongly influenced by conditions of social and economic vulnerability in the early years of life, and ensure that these policies take into account gender, age, regional, ethnic and socioeconomic specificities.