Uruguay’s 2020 response to the COVID -19 pandemic - Resume

URY resume covid 2020

Uruguay’s 2020 response to the COVID -19 pandemic - Resume

PAHO/WHO has collaborated with the Ministry of Public Health in the systematization of Uruguay's response in 2020 to the COVID-19 Pandemic, in which it presents the main aspects of the response:

  • Epidemiological characterization of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the monitoring system 
  • Multimodal approach to controlling COVID-19 at the borders 
  • The communication strategy against COVID-19 
  • First Level of Care Response 
  • Hospital Level Response 
  • Applying the TETRIS strategy in the main public health provider in Uruguay: ASSE 
  • Protecting Human Resources in Health
  • International cooperation on COVID-19