tetano
Editor, Senior Moderator
Trop Med Health
. 2020 Jun 17;48:48.
doi: 10.1186/s41182-020-00240-9. eCollection 2020.
COVID-19 Pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa: Preparedness, Response, and Hidden Potentials
Issideen Ayinla Osseni[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
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.
Keywords: COVID-19; Pandemic; Potential; Preparedness; Response; Sub-Saharan Africa.
. 2020 Jun 17;48:48.
doi: 10.1186/s41182-020-00240-9. eCollection 2020.
COVID-19 Pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa: Preparedness, Response, and Hidden Potentials
Issideen Ayinla Osseni[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 32550822
- PMCID: PMC7298917
- DOI: 10.1186/s41182-020-00240-9
Abstract
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.
Keywords: COVID-19; Pandemic; Potential; Preparedness; Response; Sub-Saharan Africa.