[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 in South Africa: lockdown strategy and its effects on public health and other contagious diseases

S Hatefi, F Smith, K Abou-El-Hossein, J Alizargar - Public Health, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The current global pandemic of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is severely
affecting the global health system. There is no treatment or vaccine available for COVID-19 …

Decisive or impulsive? Re-examining Africa's lockdown response to COVID-19

AJ Alaran, AO Badmos, O Bouaddi, YA Adebisi… - Tropical Medicine and …, 2022 - Springer
Due to the high transmission rate and mortality index of the current coronavirus pandemic,
many settings in Africa instituted lockdowns to reduce its rate of spread and avert …

Proposed strategies for easing COVID-19 lockdown measures in Africa

DL Kitara, EN Ikoona - Pan African Medical Journal, 2020 - ajol.info
As SARS-CoV-2 rapidly spread across the globe, short-term modeling forecasts provided
time-critical information for containment and mitigation strategies. Global projections had so …

Lockdown measures in response to COVID-19 in nine sub-Saharan African countries

N Haider, AY Osman, A Gadzekpo, GO Akipede… - BMJ Global …, 2020 - gh.bmj.com
Lockdown measures have been introduced worldwide to contain the transmission of COVID-
19. However, the term 'lockdown'is not well-defined. Indeed, WHO's reference to 'so-called …

[PDF][PDF] COVID-19 pandemic: Review of impediments to public health measures in Sub-Saharan Africa

AJ Ogbolosingha, A Singh - Am J Prev Med Public Health, 2020 - researchgate.net
The first coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) case in Sub-Saharan Africa was reported in
Nigeria on 27th February 2020, and within weeks the disease spread to all African countries …

The effect of lockdown regulations on SARS-CoV-2 infectivity in Gauteng Province, South Africa

J Pillai, P Motloba, KSC Motaung… - SAMJ: South African …, 2020 - scielo.org.za
PILLAI, J et al. The effect of lockdown regulations on SARS-CoV-2 infectivity in Gauteng
Province, South Africa. SAMJ, S. Afr. med. j.[online]. 2020, vol. 110, n. 11, pp. 1119-1123 …

[PDF][PDF] Responding to coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria: the policy dilemma of a vulnerable nation–a review

UG Moti, JT Vambe - J. of Health, Safety and …, 2020 - academiascholarlyjournal.org
The novel coronavirus pandemic, though mainly a major global public health concern, has
significant socioeconomic implications of great consequences to economies and the well …

[HTML][HTML] What works and what does not work in response to COVID-19 prevention and control in Africa

E Rutayisire, G Nkundimana, HK Mitonga… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Since the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, there
have been nearly 6,663,304 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 392,802 deaths …

Mitigating lockdown challenges in response to COVID-19 in Sub-Saharan Africa

LEG Mboera, GO Akipede, A Banerjee… - International Journal of …, 2020 - ijidonline.com
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) which was first reported in Wuhan, China at the
end of 2019 (Luo et al., 2020) has spread across the world with remarkable speed, with the …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 lockdown implementation in Ghana: lessons learned and hurdles to overcome

A Assan, H Hussein… - Journal of Public Health …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
COVID-19 exacts huge health and economic burdens on the global economy. To minimize
spread of the virus, most governments of the wealthiest countries implemented lockdowns …