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Achievements Of The Covid-19 Turkey Platform In Vaccine And Drug Development Withan Approach Of "Co-Creation And Succeeding Together", Hasan Mandal
Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences
Mobilizing the research ecosystem for accelerating vaccine and drug development has been an important reality of the pandemic. This article reviews the scientific advances that are attained by the COVID-19 Turkey Platform for vaccine and drug development against the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The platform that is coordinated by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey is established with a "co-creation and succeeding together" approach, which involves 436 researchers across 49 different institutions working on 17 vaccine and drug development projects in total. Recent advances of the COVID-19 Turkey Platform include the fourth virus-like particle-based vaccine candidate in the world to …
Turkey's Response To Covid-19 Pandemic: Strategy And Key Actions, Gülşen Barlas, Harun Öztürk, Gülen Pehli̇vantürk, Sabahatti̇n Aydin
Turkey's Response To Covid-19 Pandemic: Strategy And Key Actions, Gülşen Barlas, Harun Öztürk, Gülen Pehli̇vantürk, Sabahatti̇n Aydin
Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences
COVID-19 emerged at the end of 2019 in Wuhan, China, and spread rapidly around the world causing many deaths. Due to the intercontinental escalation in the epidemic, while WHO declared a pandemic on March 11, 2020, our country's first case was diagnosed. Before this, the MoH established the Operations Center against possible risks regarding the Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Plan on January 10, 2020 and formed the Scientific Committee, which has a critical importance in epidemic management. National and Provincial Pandemic Coordination Boards were established within the scope of this plan. Fast, effective and frequently updated decisions were implemented. The epidemic …
Development, Validity And Reliability Study Of A Compliance Scale For The Covid-19 Outbreak Prevention Recommendations, Eli̇f Köse, Esra Yazici, Ahmet Bülent Yazici, Abdülkadi̇r Aydin, Hasan Çeti̇n Ekerbi̇çer, Oğuz Karabay
Development, Validity And Reliability Study Of A Compliance Scale For The Covid-19 Outbreak Prevention Recommendations, Eli̇f Köse, Esra Yazici, Ahmet Bülent Yazici, Abdülkadi̇r Aydin, Hasan Çeti̇n Ekerbi̇çer, Oğuz Karabay
Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences
Background/aim: During the intense periods of the COVID-19 pandemic, legal measures were taken for its containment. However, since legal precautions cannot be implemented continuously, hand washing, mask usage and obeying social distance rules are important in combating the pandemic. Complying with these rules is mostly individual decisions. The behavior of individuals has a prominent place in the course of the pandemic. In this study, we aimed to develop a scale which could measure compliance with outbreak measures. Materials and methods: This study was conducted in two stages after evaluation of the content validity of the item pool formed by the …
Two Separate And Important Points That Should Not Be Forgotten Among The Consequencesof The Pandemic: Psychology Of Healthcare Workers And Readmission Of Dischargedcovid-19 Patients, Oğuz Abdullah Uyaroğlu
Two Separate And Important Points That Should Not Be Forgotten Among The Consequencesof The Pandemic: Psychology Of Healthcare Workers And Readmission Of Dischargedcovid-19 Patients, Oğuz Abdullah Uyaroğlu
Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences
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