Current Context of Pneumonia Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic in Africa

Current Context of Pneumonia Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic in Africa

Since the emergence of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, several countries have been strongly affected by the different impacts of the disease. This has not been different in Africa, where in addition to the current load of COVID-19, there are other epidemics (such as pneumonia) that...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of contemporary studies in epidemiology and public health 2021-10, Vol.2 (2), p.ep21007
Hauptverfasser: Uwishema, Olivier, Onyeaka, Helen, Alshareif, Baha Aldeen Abdalaziz, Omer, Mohammed Eltahier Abdalla, Sablay, Alfredo Lorenzo Recio, Tariq, Rabeet, Mohamed, Rayan Ibrahim Hamid, Zahabioun, Amirsaman, Yousif, Mohamed Yousif Elamin, Chalhoub, Elie, Tovani-Palone, Marcos Roberto
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Coronaviruses
COVID-19 vaccines
Developing countries
Disease prevention
Disease transmission
Epidemics
Epidemiology
Immunization
Infections
Infectious diseases
LDCs
Medicine
Mortality
Pandemics
Pneumonia
Public health
Task forces
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Zusammenfassung:Since the emergence of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, several countries have been strongly affected by the different impacts of the disease. This has not been different in Africa, where in addition to the current load of COVID-19, there are other epidemics (such as pneumonia) that have aggravated the situation. In this perspective article, we discuss various aspects of pneumonia amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa, including its burden, current status and efforts, and related challenges.
ISSN:2634-8543
2634-8543
DOI:10.30935/jconseph/11281