What works and what does not work in response to COVID-19 prevention and control in Africa
| Autor: | Alex Boye, Erigene Rutayisire, Honoré Kabwebwe Mitonga, Gerard Nkundimana, Solange Nikwigize |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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0301 basic medicine
Microbiology (medical) Economic growth media_common.quotation_subject Pneumonia Viral 030106 microbiology Article lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases Scarcity Betacoronavirus 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Control Pandemic Humans lcsh:RC109-216 030212 general & internal medicine China Pandemics media_common Mobilization SARS-CoV-2 Prevention COVID-19 Response General Medicine Measures Livelihood Geography Infectious Diseases Work (electrical) Africa Health Resources Rural area Coronavirus Infections Tourism |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Infectious Diseases International Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol 97, Iss, Pp 267-269 (2020) |
| ISSN: | 1201-9712 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.06.024 |
| Popis: | Highlights • Africa, together with the rest of world, has had to swiftly undertake necessary measures to protect the continent from irreversible effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. • The lower number of COVID-19 cases in most African countries is attributed to inadequate health systems, low-to-absent testing capacity, poor healthcare infrastructure, and insufficient numbers of medical staff. • COVID-19 poses a great threat to most African countries and has created a strong demand on already scarce resources. Intense mobilization of additional resources is required to implement established emergency contingency measures. Since the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, there have been nearly 6,663,304 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 392,802 deaths, worldwide as of 10:00 CEST 06 June 2020. In Africa, 152,442 COVID-19 cases and 4334 deaths have been reported as of 02 June 2020. The five countries with the highest commutative number of cases in Africa are South Africa, Egypt, Nigeria, Algeria, and Ghana. Africa, and the rest of world, has had to swiftly undertake the necessary measures to protect the continent from irreversible effects of the COVID-19 pandemic that is claiming lives and destroying livelihoods. The lower number of COVID-19 cases in most African countries is attributed to inadequate health systems, low-to-absent testing capacity, poor reporting systems, and insufficient numbers of medical staff. The COVID-19 pandemic poses a great threat to most African countries, from cities to rural areas, and has created a strong demand on already scarce resources. Intense mobilization of additional resources is required to implement established emergency contingency measures. Measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 include closure of borders and restricting movement of people within a country; this has resulted in the tourism sector being adversely affected by the loss of income. Cooperative prevention and control measures are one of the promising solutions to deplete the spread of COVID-19 on the continent. |
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