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ReviewFrontiers in public health2020

Africa's COVID-19 Situation in Focus and Recent Happenings: A Mini Review.

John Elvis Hagan, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Edward Kwabena Ameyaw, Thomas Schack

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Review in Frontiers in public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

John Elvis HaganDepartment of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.
Bright Opoku AhinkorahThe Australian Center for Public and Population Health Research [ACPPHR], Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Abdul-Aziz SeiduCollege of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia.
Edward Kwabena AmeyawThe Australian Center for Public and Population Health Research [ACPPHR], Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Thomas SchackNeurocognition and Action-Biomechanics-Research Group, Faculty of Psychology and Sport Sciences, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Given that COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) has crept into Africa, a major public health crisis or threat continues to linger on the continent. Many local governments and various stakeholders have stepped up efforts for early detection and management of COVID-19. This mini review highlights the current trend in Africa, history and general epidemiological information on the virus. Current ongoing efforts (e.g., improving testing capacity) and some effective ways (e.g., intensified surveillance, quick detection, contact tracing, isolation measures [e.g., quarantine], and social distancing) of preventing and managing COVID-19 in Africa are described. The review concludes by emphasizing the need for public health infrastructure development (e.g., laboratories, infectious disease centers, regional hospitals) and human capacity building for combating COVID-19 and potential future outbreaks. Additionally, regular public health educational campaigns are urgently required. Future epidemiological studies to ascertain case fatality and mortality trends across the continent for policy directions are necessary.

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Adaptation, PsychologicalAdultAfricaAgedAged, 80 and overContact TracingCOVID-19Disease OutbreaksFemaleForecastingHumansMaleMiddle AgedQuarantineSARS-CoV-2Stress, PsychologicalAfricacontact tracingCOVID-19detectionintensified surveillancequarantine

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PMID33392127
PMCPMC7773930

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