For those patients without present or imminent symptoms and limited risk for rapid deterioration, the aim is prevention of tumor progression with symptom disappearance and prolongation of life with minimal treatment, thus ensuring continuum care.
In that regard, Gideon and Sung state that "…the entire rehabilitation, reentry, and reintegration process should be coordinated with the community to promote collaborative efforts that will ensure a continuum of care during the reentry process for the purpose of successful reintegration" (p. 404), and in order to contain potential health risks and promote safety.
They also ensure a continuum of interventions from the health facility to the community and help improve access to services for underserved populations.
This paper assessed whether CHWs and trained TBAs can work as teams to deliver interventions and ensure a continuum of care for all children under-five, including newborns.
In addition to being a good tracing system, mobile technology can also strengthen the referral systems between the different health facilities and facilitate the exchange of information, to ensure a continuum of care [ 55].
While this response may seem simple, the technical capacity along with the human and financial resources required to ensure a continuum of quality and sustained PMTCT services is beyond what the health care systems of most countries in the region can currently afford.
This learning Symposium will have as an overarching aim the strengthening of national communication capacity to ensure a continuum from outbreak communication to behaviour change communication, while maintaining a government's capacity to respond in a timely and constructive manner to the information needs of the public and of the media.
On co-ordination, the framework proposed development of: "Mechanisms to involve all private health providers to ensure a continuum of care among all citizens, regardless of their economic status" and, strengthening of "co-ordination and collaboration with civil society organisations, particularly CBOs and NGOs, in community health development" [ 31 ].
Another example of this approach is the CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Children's Hospital in San Antonio, Texas, where patients and their families are first introduced to the transition program at a newborn's initial visit or on transfer from another clinic to ensure a continuum of care [ 67].
Adrian Brown While digital solutions can have a huge impact on maternal survival, simple 'paper' solutions can work when community and governance structures break down, ensuring a continuum of care even in conflict.
