Open AccessPreparedness and Response Efforts to Fight against COVID-19 in Sub-Saharan Africa: Challenges and Opportunities
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of pediatrics and neonatal biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2573-9611
DOI - 10.33140/jpnb.05.02.07
Subject(s) - preparedness , covid-19 , pandemic , outbreak , economic growth , international health regulations , global health , political science , geography , development economics , environmental health , medicine , virology , health care , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economics , pathology , law
In late December the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 as global pandemic and needs international concern. As the novel corona virus rages through the world and spreads rapidly Africa is the least-affected continent at the moment. Sub-Saharan Africa is the home of more than one billion populations with fragile health system which is prone for the epidemic to occur. But Ebola experience left many African countries better prepared. We were searching all sources of the website related to preparation and prevention of COVID-19 in sub-Sahara Africa countries. Most African countries have established laboratory facility and implement the recommendations that terminate the outbreak COVID-19.