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COVID-19 in West Africa: regional resource mobilisation and allocation in the first year of the pandemic.
Ahanhanzo, Césaire; Johnson, Ermel Ameswue Kpogbe; Eboreime, Ejemai Amaize; Issiaka, Sombié; Traoré, Ben Idrissa; Adohinzin, Clétus C Y; Adesina, Tosin; Diallo, Ely Noel; Obgureke, Nanlop; Okolo, Stanley.
  • Ahanhanzo C; World Bank-funded Projects Management Unit, West African Health Organisation, Bobo-Dioulasso, Hauts-Bassins, Burkina Faso cahanhanzo@prj.wahooas.org.
  • Johnson EAK; Public Health and Research, West African Health Organisation, Bobo-Dioulasso, Hauts-Bassins, Burkina Faso.
  • Eboreime EA; Department of Planning, Research and Statistics, National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Abuja, Nigeria.
  • Issiaka S; Global Mental Health Research Group, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
  • Traoré BI; Public Health and Research, West African Health Organisation, Bobo-Dioulasso, Hauts-Bassins, Burkina Faso.
  • Adohinzin CCY; World Bank-funded Projects Management Unit, West African Health Organisation, Bobo-Dioulasso, Hauts-Bassins, Burkina Faso.
  • Adesina T; Planning and Health Information, West African Health Organisation, Bobo-Dioulasso, Hauts-Bassins, Burkina Faso.
  • Diallo EN; Planning and Health Information, West African Health Organisation, Bobo-Dioulasso, Hauts-Bassins, Burkina Faso.
  • Obgureke N; World Bank-funded Projects Management Unit, West African Health Organisation, Bobo-Dioulasso, Hauts-Bassins, Burkina Faso.
  • Okolo S; General Directorate, West African Health Organisation, Bobo-Dioulasso, Hauts-Bassins, Burkina Faso.
BMJ Glob Health ; 6(5)2021 05.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1216801
ABSTRACT
The world continues to battle the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Whereas many countries are currently experiencing the second wave of the outbreak; Africa, despite being the last continent to be affected by the virus, has not experienced as much devastation as other continents. For example, West Africa, with a population of 367 million people, had confirmed 412 178 cases of COVID-19 with 5363 deaths as of 14 March 2021; compared with the USA which had recorded almost 30 million cases and 530 000 deaths, despite having a slightly smaller population (328 million). Several postulations have been made in an attempt to explain this phenomenon. One hypothesis is that African countries have leveraged on experiences from past epidemics to build resilience and response strategies which may be contributing to protecting the continent's health systems from being overwhelmed. This practice paper from the West African Health Organization presents experience and data from the field on how countries in the region mobilised support to address the pandemic in the first year, leveraging on systems, infrastructure, capacities developed and experiences from the 2014 Ebola virus disease outbreak.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Health Care Rationing / Pandemics / COVID-19 Type of study: Observational study / Qualitative research Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: Africa Language: English Year: 2021 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Bmjgh-2020-004762

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Health Care Rationing / Pandemics / COVID-19 Type of study: Observational study / Qualitative research Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: Africa Language: English Year: 2021 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Bmjgh-2020-004762