Possible Reasons Why Sub-Saharan Africa Experienced a Less Severe COVID-19 Pandemic in 2020.
J Multidiscip Healthc
; 14: 3267-3271, 2021.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1551372
ABSTRACT
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.
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MEDLINE
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Topics:
Long Covid
Language:
English
Journal:
J Multidiscip Healthc
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Jmdh.S331847
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