Responding to the Challenge of the Dual COVID-19 and Ebola Epidemics in the Democratic Republic of Congo—Priorities for Achieving Control

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dc.contributor.authorNachega, Jean Ben_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMbala-Kingebeni, Placideen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorOtshudiema, Johnen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMobula, Linda Men_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-05T18:01:46Z
dc.date.available2022-04-05T18:01:46Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractAbstract. As of June 11, 2020, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has reported 4,258 COVID-19 cases with 90 deaths. With other African countries, the DRC faces the challenge of striking a balance between easing public health lockdown measures to curtail the spread of SARS-CoV-2 and minimizing both economic hardships for large sectors of the population and negative impacts on health services for other infectious and noninfectious diseases. The DRC recently controlled its tenth Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak, but COVID-19 and a new EVD outbreak beginning on June 1, 2020 in the northwest ´Equateur Province have added an additional burden to health services. Although the epidemiology and transmission of EVD and COVID-19 differ, leveraging the public health infrastructures and experiences fromcoordinating the EVD response to guide the public health response toCOVID-19 is critical. Building on the DRC’s 40 years of experience with 10 previous EVD outbreaks, we highlight the DRC’s multi-sectoral public health approach to COVID-19, which includes community-based screening, testing, contact-tracing, risk communication, community engagement, and case management. We also highlight remaining challenges and discuss the way forward for achieving control of both COVID-19 and EVD in the DRC.en_ZA
dc.format.extent6 pages
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.4269/ajtmh.20-0642
dc.identifier.otherPrint ISSN:0002-9637
dc.identifier.otherOnline ISSN:1476-1645
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/124415
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.rights.holderAuthors retain copyright
dc.subjectDual COVID-19en_ZA
dc.subjectEbola Epidemicsen_ZA
dc.subjectCongoen_ZA
dc.subjectAchieving Controlen_ZA
dc.titleResponding to the Challenge of the Dual COVID-19 and Ebola Epidemics in the Democratic Republic of Congo—Priorities for Achieving Controlen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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