[To what extent Africa can limit the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic?] / Jusqu'où l'Afrique peut-elle limiter l'impact de la pandémie de COVID-19 ?
Rev Epidemiol Sante Publique
; 68(5): 302-305, 2020 Sep.
Article
in French
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-888892
ABSTRACT
Following the onset of the global COVID-19 pandemic and the alerts issued by the World Health Organization, for several months attention has been focused on Africa as a potentially severely endangered continent. A sizable number of African countries, mainly low and middle income, suffer from limited available resources, especially in critical care, and COVID-19 is liable to overwhelm their already fragile health systems. To effectively manage what is shaping up as a multidimensional crisis, the challenge unquestionably goes beyond the necessary upgrading of public health infrastructures. It is also a matter of anticipating and taking timely action with regard to factors that may mitigate the propagation of SARS-CoV2 and thereby cushion the shock of the pandemic on the African continent. While some of these factors are largely unmanageable (climate, geography
), several others (socio-cultural, religious, audio-visual, and potentially political
) could be more or less effectively dealt with by African governments and populations.
Keywords
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Coronavirus Infections
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Pandemics
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Topics:
Vaccines
Country/Region as subject:
Africa
Language:
French
Journal:
Rev Epidemiol Sante Publique
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
J.respe.2020.08.002
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