COVID-19 pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa: preparedness, response, and hidden potentials.
COVID-19
Pandemic
Potential
Preparedness
Response
Sub-Saharan Africa
Journal
Tropical medicine and health
ISSN: 1348-8945
Titre abrégé: Trop Med Health
Pays: Japan
ID NLM: 101215093
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2020
2020
Historique:
received:
18
05
2020
accepted:
11
06
2020
entrez:
20
6
2020
pubmed:
20
6
2020
medline:
20
6
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
After the detection of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) first reported case in Nigeria, the virus has spread to all sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Through different initiatives, SSA countries came together to create goal-driven taskforces to improve their responses against the virus. As COVID-19 raises major concerns over the scarcity of medical supplies, numbers of SSA countries adopted innovative solutions to fill in their shortage. This health crisis may come as an opportunity for SSA to demonstrate its pandemic readiness, responses, and reveal unknown potential.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32550822
doi: 10.1186/s41182-020-00240-9
pii: 240
pmc: PMC7298917
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
48Informations de copyright
© The Author(s) 2020.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Competing interestsThere are no conflicts of interest.
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