Monitoring frontline service readiness capacities during the COVID-19 pandemic
The Suite of health service capacity assessments in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic can be used to support rapid and accurate assessments of the current, surge and future capacities of health facilities throughout the different phases of the COVID-19 pandemic. The suite consists of facility and community assessments, inventory tools and checklists related to COVID-19 facility readiness and case management capacities and the continuity of essential health services during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read the overall interim guidance on the suite of modules.
The different modules can be administered in hospitals, COVID-19 designated treatment centres, primary care facilities, and communities to inform the prioritization of actions and decision-making at health facility, subnational and national levels. Countries may select and tailor different combinations of modules according to country context and data needs for either one-time or recurrent use throughout the course of the pandemic.
The modules have been developed by WHO and global partners in alignment with published WHO guidance on COVID-19 case management and outbreak response and maintenance of essential health services, including Maintaining essential health services: operational guidance for the COVID-19 context. Implementation guidance is also available.
WHO will release updated modules and guidance as they are finalized.
Continuity of essential health services modules
Use and content The Continuity of essential health services: Facility Assessment Tool can be used by countries to rapidly assess the capacity of health...
Use and contentThe Community needs, perceptions and demand: community assessment tool can be used by countries to rapidly assess and respond to community...
COVID-19 hospital readiness and case management capacity modules
This set of modules can be used to assess health facility readiness and case management capacities for COVID-19.
Use and contentThis tool was developed to assess present and surge capacities for the treatment of COVID-19 in health facilities. It allows health facilities...
Rapid hospital readiness checklist: Interim Guidance
Access the tool: Rapid hospital readiness checklist: tool Use and content Countries can use this checklist of hospital governance, structures, plans and...
In-depth modules:
Access the tool:Biomedical equipment for COVID-19 case management: toolUse and content Countries can use this tool to collect in-depth facility inventories...
Ensuring a safe environment for patients and staff in COVID-19 health-care facilities: a module from...
Use and contentCountries can use the Ensuring a safe environment for patients and staff in COVID‑19 health-care facilities assessment tool to assess and...
Use and contentThis self-assessment tool is designed for acute health-care facilities (i.e. tertiary and secondary) but can be modified for the use in...