Decisive or impulsive? Re-examining Africa's lockdown response to COVID-19.

Autor: Alaran AJ; Global Health Focus, Rwanda, Rwanda. alaranaishat@gmail.com., Badmos AO; National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Abuja, Nigeria., Bouaddi O; University Mohammad V, Rabat, Morocco., Adebisi YA; Global Health Focus, Rwanda, Rwanda., Ben-Umeh K; Department of Pharmacotherapy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA., Idris U; National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, Abuja, Nigeria., Lucero-Prisno DE 3rd; Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Tropical medicine and health [Trop Med Health] 2022 Mar 08; Vol. 50 (1), pp. 22. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Mar 08.
DOI: 10.1186/s41182-022-00414-7
Abstrakt: Due to the high transmission rate and mortality index of the current coronavirus pandemic, many settings in Africa instituted lockdowns to reduce its rate of spread and avert exponential growth rate. At the early stage, this measure seemed to heighten awareness of the virus and subsequently minimized exponential growth of cases. However, these lockdowns have had great consequences on the weak health systems and frail economy in place in many African countries. In this paper, we examine the impact of lockdown measures in these countries and provides key recommendations in dealing with present and future pandemics.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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