GCRF_NF407 - Emergency strategies for mitigating the effects of COVID-19 in care homes in low and middle income countries

在许多发展中国家，有大量老年人护理院。在2019冠状病毒病大流行爆发之前，它们很少受到政策制定者或学者的关注。现在人们担心这种流行病会影响养老院的居民和工作人员，这是可以理解的。养老院的责任主要下放给地方政府，许多地方政府正在制定应急计划。这些措施需要考虑到具体情况，包括资源稀缺和在大流行病之前对护理院的监管非常有限。我们将与三个国家（巴西、南非和墨西哥）的地方政府机构合作，支持应急计划的制定和实施，并评估其对养老院的影响。在与更广泛的决策者和专家网络协商的基础上，我们制定了一套指导原则（CIAT框架）。我们将与地方政府合作，将这一框架付诸实践，加以完善，并评估其对发展中国家的潜在价值。与此同时，我们将与对养老院和COVID-19感兴趣的政策制定者和研究人员建立互动在线网络，并与我们在疫情期间建立的现有在线政策网络相连接。

In many developing countries there are large numbers of care homes for older people. Until the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, they received little attention from policymakers or academics. There is now understandable concern that the pandemic will affect care home residents, as well as staff. Responsibility for care homes is mainly devolved to local governments, and many are looking to develop emergency plans. These need to take account of specific contexts, including scarce resources and very limited regulation of care homes prior to the pandemic. We will partner local government agencies in three countries (Brazil, South Africa and Mexico) to support the development and implementation of emergency plans, and to assess their effects on care homes. Based on consultations with a wider network of policy-makers and experts, we have developed a set of guiding principles (The CIAT Framework). We will work with local governments to put this framework into practice, refine it and assess its potential value for developing countries more generally. At the same time, we will develop an interactive online network with policy-makers and researchers interested in care homes and COVID-19, linked to an existing online policy network we have developed during the pandemic.