[HTML][HTML] How prepared is Africa to face COVID-19?

REG Wadoum, A Clarke - The Pan African Medical Journal, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The epidemic of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in China caused by the Severe
Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has become a global concern …

Is Africa prepared for tackling the COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) epidemic. Lessons from past outbreaks, ongoing pan-African public health efforts, and implications for the …

N Kapata, C Ihekweazu, F Ntoumi, T Raji… - International Journal of …, 2020 - ijidonline.com
Soon after the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2 (2019-nCoV), was first identified in a cluster
of patients with pneumonia (Li et al., 2020), in the Chinese city of Wuhan on 31 December …

COVID-19 response in Nigeria: health system preparedness and lessons for future epidemics in Africa

CC Etteh, MP Adoga, CC Ogbaga - Ethics, Medicine and Public Health, 2020 - Elsevier
Summary The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) will continue to have a significant
impact on the way we live for at least the next few years until the scale-up of production and …

Is sub-Saharan Africa prepared for COVID-19?

E Nuwagira, C Muzoora - Tropical medicine and health, 2020 - Springer
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), is the latest virus to cause global health panic. Due …

[HTML][HTML] Sub-Saharan Africa preparedness and response to the COVID-19 pandemic: a perspective of early career African scientists

G Umviligihozo, L Mupfumi, N Sonela… - Wellcome open …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Emerging highly transmissible viral infections such as SARS-CoV-2 pose a significant global
threat to human health and the economy. Since its first appearance in December 2019 in the …

COVID-19 pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa: preparedness, response, and hidden potentials

IA Osseni - Tropical medicine and health, 2020 - Springer
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 …

Africa in the path of Covid-19

WM El-Sadr, J Justman - New England Journal of Medicine, 2020 - Mass Medical Soc
Africa in the Path of Covid-19 Despite intensive preparations by African countries that are no
strangers to epidemics, we should have no illusions that Africa can confront the Covid-19 …

Africa succeeded against COVID-19's first wave, but the second wave brings new challenges

BM Kuehn - Jama, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
(COVID-19) pandemic's first wave. The continent's success can be credited to arapid,
coordinatedresponseamongAfrican leaders, experience with infectious diseases, an …

Coping with COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa: what might the future hold?

FJD Mennechet, GRT Dzomo - Virologica Sinica, 2020 - Springer
On December 31st, 2019 an unexplained case of pneumonia was reported in Wuhan, Hubei
Province, China (Zhou et al. 2020). On January 9th, 2020, Chinese authorities and the World …

How South Africa's ministerial advisory committee on COVID-19 can be optimised

JA Singh - South African Medical Journal, 2020 - journals.co.za
South Africa (SA) recorded its first COVID-19 case on 5 March 2020. Since then, the country
has declared a State of Disaster on 15 March 2020,[1] a strict 3-week 'lockdown', effective 26 …