Possible reasons why Sub-Saharan Africa experienced a less severe COVID-19 Pandemic in 2020
| Autor: | Simon D. Taylor-Robinson, Ahmed A A Suliman, Obinna O Oleribe, T Corrah |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Wellcome Trust |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Sub saharan Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Distrust Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare pandemic media_common.quotation_subject Public health public health Prevalence COVID-19 General Medicine Hypothesis multidisciplinary care Course of action Political science Africa Development economics Pandemic medicine General Nursing 11 Medical and Health Sciences media_common |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare |
| Popis: | Obinna O Oleribe,1 Ahmed AA Suliman,2,3 Simon D Taylor-Robinson,4 Tumani Corrah5 1Office of the Director General, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Yabba, Lagos, Nigeria; 2Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan; 3Department of Cardiology, Shab Teaching Hospital, Khartoum, Sudan; 4Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, St Maryâs Hospital Campus, London, UK; 5Africa Research Excellence Fund, c/o MRC the Gambia Unit @ LSHTM, Fajara, The GambiaCorrespondence: Simon D Taylor-Robinson Email str338333@gmail.comAbstract: Both scientific authorities and governments of nations worldwide were found lacking in their COVID-19 response and management, resulting in significant distrust by the general public in 2020. Scientific and medical bodies often failed to give the right counsel on the appropriate course of action on COVID-19, because proven steps were not known, while many governments around the world took ineffective, late or inappropriate COVID-19 control and containment strategies. If the 2020 COVID-19 incidence rates are to be believed, much of sub-Saharan Africa had a lower disease prevalence than expected. We put forward six factors peculiar to much of sub-Saharan Africa that may have accounted for the pandemic landscape there in 2020. We also discuss why the situation has become more serious in 2021.Keywords: COVID-19, Africa, public health, multidisciplinary care, pandemic |
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