COVID-19 pandemic waves: how prepared is West Africa for managing a high COVID-19 caseload? Urgent actions needed.
Pan Afr Med J
; 40: 249, 2021.
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em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-35233269
ABSTRACT
The ECOWAS Region and the world have learnt a lot in the last year and a half concerning the pandemic. As the pandemic continues to evolve, the region needs to put together all these lessons in other to better protect its people, rebuild its economy and strengthen the regional health security for better regional prosperity. We reviewed the response mounted by the region from January 2020 to July 2021 and the existing body of knowledge. We recommend that the region quickly increase the COVID-19 immunization coverage, sustain the enhance genomic surveillance, improve testing and the strengthen point of entry surveillance.
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Assunto principal:
COVID-19
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Africa
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En
Ano de publicação:
2021
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Article