Review article
Interventions to respond to COVID 19 pandemic in Mumbai and way forward

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Highlights

  • Rapid evolving crucial strategies being implemented are the cornerstone for overcoming COVID 19 pandemic.

  • Multisectoral collaboration and its engagement with all partners supported the Mumbai Corporation work as a team.

  • Aggressive advocacy communication and social marketing for inculcating behaviour change communication was a crucial step.

  • Developing a Task force committee for building up essential clinical management protocols was equally imperative.

Abstract

With the emergence of COVID 19 pandemic, the approach used by Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) was based on all guidelines of COVID 19 prepared by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW). However, Mumbai undertook a special innovate model used in the mission Mumbai – Dharavi for COVID 19. Additionally, MCGM undertook a proactive approach of “chasing the virus” with its 4Ts: 1. Tracing 2. Tracking 3. Testing 4. Treating in high-risk slum clusters and it reflects the result of declining the incidence and case fatality due to COVID 19. Establishing public health surge capacities which include active surveillance, contact-tracing and follow-up besides early detection, isolation and management of cases are important steps for fighting the COVID 19 pandemic. Collaborating with all partners and setting up a Task force for establishing clinical management protocols was unmissable.

Keywords

Multi sectoral collaboration
Advocacy communication and social marketing
Taskforce

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