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Proper communication about COVID-19 is essential to the mental wellbeing of society, including groups such as children and elderly people, according to Dr. Dévora Kestel.
Image source: Eldar Nurkovic, via ShutterstockDr. Dévora Kestel says community-based services to safeguard mental health need to be provided “at every level” of health ecosystems