Implementing malaria control in South Africa, Eswatini and southern Mozambique during the COVID-19 pandemic
S. Afr. med. j
; 110(11): 1072-1076, 2020. Fig.
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ABSTRACT
The COVID-19 global pandemic reached South Africa (SA), Mozambique and Eswatini in March 2020.[1] Since then an exponential increase in SARS-CoV-2 infections has severely stretched SA's healthcare system, especially in terms of in-hospital treatment of severe cases. The impact of COVID-19 in Mozambique and Eswatini at the time of writing has been comparatively mild, but is increasing. It is therefore imperative to reduce as far as possible the number and rate of hospitalisations caused by trauma and other diseases, including malaria. Malaria incidence in SA is seasonal and peaks in the wetter summer months, especially during January to April.[2] Although malaria incidence in SA is currently low, the risk of outbreaks is always present, with the most recent having occurred in 2017 and, at a more localised level in Limpopo Province, in 2019. The reasons for these latest outbreaks are varied and include unusually high rainfall and cross-border movement of migrant populations, fuelling local transmission. These issues are particularly pertinent to COVID-19 in SA's malaria-affected districts. They highlight the importance of mitigating factors contributing to high malaria incidence and consequent hospitalisations, which may be further exacerbated by COVID-19/malaria coinfections and the re-opening of SA's borders with those neighbouring countries with higher malaria transmission intensities.
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Colección:
Bases de datos nacionales
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MZ
Contexto en salud:
Agenda de Salud Sostenible para las Américas
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ODS3 - Salud y Bienestar
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Enfermedades Desatendidas
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ODS3 - Meta 3.3 Poner fin a las enfermedades desatendidas y detener enfermedades transmisibles
Problema de salud:
Objetivo 9: Enfermedades no transmisibles y salud mental
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Objetivo 10: Enfermedades transmisibles
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Meta 3.3: Poner fin a las enfermedades desatendidas y detener enfermedades transmisibles
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Meta 3.4: Reducir las muertes prematuras por enfermedades no transmisibles
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Malária
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Enfermedades Desatendidas
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Neumonía
Base de datos:
RSDM
Asunto principal:
Pandemias
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COVID-19
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Malaria
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio de etiología
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Factores de riesgo
Límite:
Humanos
País/Región como asunto:
Africa
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
S. Afr. med. j
Año:
2020
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
Institución/País de afiliación:
Centre for Emerging Zoonotic and Parasitic Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service/ZA
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Centre for emering zoonotic and parasitic Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service/ZA
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Division of clinical pharmacology, department of medicine, faculty of health sciences,/ZA
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Faculty of veterinary science, university of Pretoria/ZA
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Lubombo spatial development initiative and goodbye malaria/ZA
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Malaria and other vector-borne and zoonotic diseases directorate, national department of health/ZA
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Malaria programme, clinton health access initiative/ZA
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National malaria control programme, mbabane/ZA