Protecting healthcare workers from COVID-19

COVID-19 Research Area(s): Healthcare Delivery & Policy

A team led by Dr. Annalee Yassi, Canada Research Chair in Global Health and Capacity-Building in UBC’s School of Population and Public Health, is receiving $410,256 from IDRC. Her team will work with collaborating organizations in Vancouver, B.C. and Guateng, South Africa, to analyze what works to protect healthcare workers in Canada and South Africa from COVID-19. They will also draw on survey research on the protection of healthcare workers in other countries to help inform international policy and practice on protecting healthcare workers caring for patients with COVID-19.