Ebola, COVID-19 and Africa: What we expected and what we got.
Shibu SasidharanHarpreet Singh DhillonPublished in: Developing world bioethics (2020)
Democratic Republic of the Congo's fight with Ebola was just settling when WHO declared COVID-19 to be a global pandemic on March 12, 2020. This has caused concomitant setbacks in the treatment and control of major health issues like HIV, tuberculosis, measles, and malaria in the country. This, coupled with civil unrest and risk to the safety of the health workers, is a 'perfect storm' waiting to unfold. Military contingents as peacekeepers are having the most difficult time, handling the situation, in the wake of risks involved.
Keyphrases
- coronavirus disease
- sars cov
- public health
- healthcare
- mental health
- hiv aids
- human health
- antiretroviral therapy
- health information
- hiv positive
- human immunodeficiency virus
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- hepatitis c virus
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- hiv infected
- health promotion
- emergency department
- pulmonary tuberculosis
- climate change
- men who have sex with men
- plasmodium falciparum
- posttraumatic stress disorder
- smoking cessation