Open AccessReviving Decommissioned Ventilators How a Circular Economy Approach Can Assist in Tackling the South African Shortage of Ventilators during Covid-19
Author(s) -
Katharina Gihring,
Nickey Janse van Rensburg
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the thinker
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2075-2458
DOI - 10.36615/thethinker.v84i2.292
Subject(s) - covid-19 , economic shortage , mechanical ventilator , business , medicine , virology , mechanical ventilation , anesthesia , pathology , linguistics , philosophy , disease , government (linguistics) , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Sub-Saharan Africa bears the highest disease burden in human and economic costs, but commands less than one percent of global health expenditure (Aikins et al., 2010).