Reported health system solutions implemented to contain COVID-19 in six West African countries: a media content analysis

Background: When COVID-19 began to spread globally, concerns for high morbidity and mortality rates in West African countries started to grow. Nevertheless, West African countries have had lower morbidity and mortality rates than other countries in the world. Little research has been done to investigate what health system solutions these countries implemented to decrease COVID-19-related morbidity and mortality rates earlier in the pandemic.