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Millions of Africans lack basic means to prevent COVID-19 transmission, research finds
By GNA -
Aug 24, 2021
Millions of Africans are at risk of contracting COVID-19 due to a lack of the most basic public health tools to protect themselves, including the essentials of soap and water.
These measures, known as non-pharmacological public health interventions (NPIs), and including physical distancing or isolation at home to prevent transmission, are among the simplest and least expensive methods to slow the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
Yet huge numbers of Africa’s roughly 1.4 billion people do not have access to these tools, researchers said.
“Hundreds of millions of people across Africa simply lack means for implementing NPIs to prevent SARS-CoV-2 transmission,” said Dr Timothy Brewer, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health Professor of Epidemiology and Professor of Medicine, and a member of the Division of Infectious Diseases, at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
“These populations urgently need to be prioritized for vaccination to prevent disease and to contain the global pandemic.”
The findings, published this month in the peer-reviewed journal Epidemiology & Infection, as “Housing, sanitation and living conditions affecting SARS-CoV-2 prevention interventions in 54 African countries” -are from an international team, led by Brewer and colleagues at the University of Bristol, and including researchers in China, Ethiopia, Mexico, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the U.S....
Millions of Africans lack basic means to prevent COVID-19 transmission, research finds
By GNA -
Aug 24, 2021
Millions of Africans are at risk of contracting COVID-19 due to a lack of the most basic public health tools to protect themselves, including the essentials of soap and water.
These measures, known as non-pharmacological public health interventions (NPIs), and including physical distancing or isolation at home to prevent transmission, are among the simplest and least expensive methods to slow the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
Yet huge numbers of Africa’s roughly 1.4 billion people do not have access to these tools, researchers said.
“Hundreds of millions of people across Africa simply lack means for implementing NPIs to prevent SARS-CoV-2 transmission,” said Dr Timothy Brewer, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health Professor of Epidemiology and Professor of Medicine, and a member of the Division of Infectious Diseases, at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
“These populations urgently need to be prioritized for vaccination to prevent disease and to contain the global pandemic.”
The findings, published this month in the peer-reviewed journal Epidemiology & Infection, as “Housing, sanitation and living conditions affecting SARS-CoV-2 prevention interventions in 54 African countries” -are from an international team, led by Brewer and colleagues at the University of Bristol, and including researchers in China, Ethiopia, Mexico, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the U.S....