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. 2022 Apr 7;74:102927. doi: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.102927

Table 1.

Representative self-organizations involved in relief servicesa.

Organizations Actors Key roles
NCP Life Support Network A group of doctors Provide medical consultation and psychological counseling to patients under home quarantine.
Wakanda Working staff of the coffee shop, citizen volunteers Provide coffee for free to local medial workers
Helping Doctors A volunteer team in Wuhan engaged with front-line workers, including taxi drivers and deliverymen. Provide transportation services to front-line medical workers
Social Workers with You Professional social workers Provide nursing services to patients, suspected patients, and their family members when care was needed
Anti-epidemic Volunteer Group A local entrepreneur and ordinary citizens Provide community volunteering in neighborhoods
Wuhan Medical Hotel Support Alliance An online voluntary campaign that engaged more than 300 local hotels Provide accommodation services to front-line medical workers
Volunteer Translation Group An online group set up by a young man that engages friends Provide translation services for medical goods
Social Workers Group A university teacher in Wuhan that connects more than 70 people Provide psychological services to patients and their families
Volunteer translation group A citizen volunteer and his relatives and friends Provide translation services for procurement purposes
Residential community Volunteer Group Homeowner's association representative and university professor Provide daily care and guidance to residents via WeChat group communication
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Source: Originally adopted from Zhao & Wu (2020), modified by the author.