Fighting COVID-19 in the West Africa after experiencing the Ebola epidemic

Health Promotion Perspectives

Patassi Akouda¹  Pasquale Pagliano²  Şükran Köse³  Hossein Samadi Kafil⁴  Sid’Ahmed Soufiane⁵  Amadou Oumarou⁶  Yacouba Cissoko⁷  Akory Ag Iknane⁸  Sounkalo Dao⁸  Moussa Sanogo⁸  Pourya Gholizadeh⁹  Safiatou Diallo^1,10  Mamadou Saliou Sow^1,10  Mamadou Oury^1,10  Maad Nasser Mohamed^1,11 

[1] CHU Sylvanus Olympio, Universitie delome, Togo;Departement of Medicine, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy;Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, University of Health Sciences, Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey;Drug Applied Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran;Faculte de Medecine de Nouakchott, Muritanie;Faculte des sciences la santé de l universite Dan Dicko DanKoulodo de Maradi, Niger;Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako (USTTB), Bamako, Mali;Faculté de Médecine, de Pharmacie et d’Odonto-Stomatologie (FMPOS), University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali;Research Center for Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran;Service des Maladies Infectieuses, Hôpital National Donka, CHU Conakry, Centre de Recherche et de Formation en Infectiologie de Guinée (CERFIG), Guinea;Service des maladies infectieuses et tropicales de l’hôpital général peltier, Djibouti;

关键词: africa;    covid-19;    sarscov-2;    epidemiology;    ebola virus;    diagnosis;    pandemic;   

DOI  :  10.34172/hpp.2021.02

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) dissemination occurred from December 2019 and quickly spread to all countries. Infected patients with COVID-19 have had a wide range of symptoms, ranging from mild to severe illness. The most mortality was observed in patients with underlying disease and over 45 years. World statistics have shown that the COVID-19 outbreak is most expanded in Middle Eastern, West Asian, European, North, and South American countries, and is least expanded in African countries. Therefore, the aim of the paper was the evaluation of six African countries including Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Guinea, Togo, and Djibouti to find why this disease is least expanded in African countries. Study was conducted by Questioner for countries health organizers to define their different aspect exposure and fight with COVID-19 including epidemiology, clinical aspects of the disease, case definitions, diagnosis laboratory confirmation, and referral of cases by the portal of entry, case management, and disease prevention in these countries. According to this opinion review, due to the low international flights and low domestic travel, the spread, and prevalence of COVID-19 was low and the return of the immigrants of these countries has caused the spread of COVID-19 among these countries. Experience, preparation, and impact of previous infections epidemic such as the Ebola virus epidemic would have beneficial, which have promoted certain reflexes among people that cause low dissemination in these countries.

【 授权许可】

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