Citation

Harutyunyan H, Mukhaelyan A, Hertelendy AJ, Voskanyan A, Benham T, Issa F, Hart A, Ciottone GR. Prehosp. Disaster Med. 2021; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2021, Cambridge University Press)

DOI

10.1017/S1049023X21000844

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused the greatest global loss of life and economic impact due to a respiratory virus since the 1918 influenza pandemic. While health care systems around the world faced the enormous challenges of managing COVID-19 patients, health care workers in the Republic of Armenia were further tasked with caring for the surge of casualties from a concurrent, large-scale war. These compounding events put a much greater strain on the health care system, creating a complex humanitarian crisis that resulted in significant psychosocial consequences for health care workers in Armenia.

Language: en

Keywords

COVID-19; pandemic; Armenia; humanitarian crisis; war