Table 3 Examples of initiatives for outreach strategies to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 pandemic for each jurisdiction
Jurisdiction | Examples of initiatives for outreach strategies to vulnerable groups | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Medical care | Social care | Availability of hotels/shelters* | |
Belgium | NGOs (Doctors without Borders, Doctors of the World, Red Cross, etc.) | Corona coaches CHWs | Yes, through an inter-federal Task Force on Vulnerable Groups |
Ontario, Canada | Care as usual | Wellness check-ins | Yes, Inner City Health Associates turned vacant hotels into shelters for homeless people |
Germany | Care as usual | Not documented | Yes, but less places than expected |
Italy | (USCA: GPs, although not specific to vulnerable groups) | Not documented | Yes, COVID-19 hotels |
Japan | Care as usual | Social prescribing; e.g. Osekkai conference | No |
The Netherlands | Care as usual | NGOs (Red Cross volunteers) s | Yes Vaccination busses of the PH services went to areas with low vaccination coverage |
Norway | Care as usual | Ambassador Project | No, because only a very small population of homeless and refugees |
Spain | Care as usual | CHWs | Yes |