The collateral damage of the COVID-19 pandemic on surgical health care in sub-Saharan Africa
Date
2020-12
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Edinburgh University Global Health Society
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has swept across the globe at an unprecedented
pace. The first COVID-19 case arrived in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) on February
28, 2020, and there are over 600 000 cases spread across the continent
[1]. The World Health Organisation has predicted up to a quarter of a billion infections
on the continent [2]. In preparation, SSA countries have sharply downscaled
non-COVID-19 health services, including emergency and essential surgical
health care (EESC). However, surgical conditions contribute up to a third of the
global burden of disease [3].
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CITATION: hu K, Reddy CL, Makasa E. 2020.The collateral damage of the COVID-19 pandemic on surgical health care in sub-Saharan Africa. J Glob Health.10(2):020347. doi.10.7189/jogh.10.020347.
The original publication is available at: jogh.org
The original publication is available at: jogh.org
Keywords
Collateral damage, COVID-19 -- Africa, Sub-Saharan, Surgical intensive care -- Africa, Sub-Saharan, Mortality -- Africa, Sub-Saharan, World health
Citation
hu K, Reddy CL, Makasa E. 2020.The collateral damage of the COVID-19 pandemic on surgical health care in sub-Saharan Africa. J Glob Health.10(2):020347. doi.10.7189/jogh.10.020347.