Publication: COVID-19 y África: sobreviviendo entre la espada y la pared.
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2020
Authors
de Aranzabal, Maite
Fumadó, Victoria
Alegria, Iñaki
Rivera, Mercedes
Torre, Nuria
Guibert, Belen
Muñoz, María José
Moraleda, Cinta
Bassat, Quique
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Elsevier España, S.L.U. (editor comercial)
Abstract
Con más de 575.000 muertes y cerca de 13,3 millones de casos a nivel global, la pandemia por COVID-19 ha causado un terrible impacto en apenas medio año de evolución desde que por primera vez fuesen detectados casos en China. Conscientes de las dificultades planteadas en entornos con sistemas de salud robustos, donde la mortalidad ha sido significativa, y la transmisión difícilmente controlable, había una lógica preocupación por ver cómo el virus podría afectar a los países africanos, donde sus frágiles sistemas de salud auguraban un impacto aún mayor. Este «tsunami» anunciado, de potenciales consecuencias devastadoras, parece, sin embargo, no haber llegado todavía, y los países africanos, donde ya se ha evidenciado una creciente transmisión, no están viendo el impacto en la salud de sus habitantes que muchos habían predicho. En este artículo repasamos la situación actual de la pandemia en el continente africano, intentando entender los determinantes de su lenta progresión
With over 575,000 deaths and about 13.3 million cases globally, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a terrible impact globally during the 6 months since cases were first detected in China. Conscious of the many challenges presented in settings with abundance of resources and with robust health systems, where mortality has been significant and transmission difficult to control, there was a logical concern to see how the virus could impact African countries, and their fragile and weak health systems. Such an anticipated "tsunami", with potentially devastating consequences, seems however to not have yet arrived, and African countries, albeit witnessing an increasing degree of autochthonous transmission, seem to this day relatively unaffected by the pandemic. In this article we review the current situation of the pandemic in the African continent, trying to understand the determinants of its slow progress.
With over 575,000 deaths and about 13.3 million cases globally, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a terrible impact globally during the 6 months since cases were first detected in China. Conscious of the many challenges presented in settings with abundance of resources and with robust health systems, where mortality has been significant and transmission difficult to control, there was a logical concern to see how the virus could impact African countries, and their fragile and weak health systems. Such an anticipated "tsunami", with potentially devastating consequences, seems however to not have yet arrived, and African countries, albeit witnessing an increasing degree of autochthonous transmission, seem to this day relatively unaffected by the pandemic. In this article we review the current situation of the pandemic in the African continent, trying to understand the determinants of its slow progress.
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Medical Subject Headings::Organisms::Eukaryota::Animals::Chordata::Vertebrates::Mammals::Primates::Haplorhini::Catarrhini::Hominidae::Humans
Medical Subject Headings::Health Care::Environment and Public Health::Public Health::Disease Outbreaks::Epidemics::Pandemics
Medical Subject Headings::Diseases::Respiratory Tract Diseases::Respiratory Tract Infections::Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
Medical Subject Headings::Disciplines and Occupations::Health Occupations::Medicine::Public Health::Epidemiology
Medical Subject Headings::Geographical Locations::Geographic Locations::Africa
Medical Subject Headings::Health Care::Environment and Public Health::Public Health::Disease Outbreaks::Epidemics::Pandemics
Medical Subject Headings::Diseases::Respiratory Tract Diseases::Respiratory Tract Infections::Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
Medical Subject Headings::Disciplines and Occupations::Health Occupations::Medicine::Public Health::Epidemiology
Medical Subject Headings::Geographical Locations::Geographic Locations::Africa
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COVID-19, Pandemia, África, Paises de baja renta, Epidemiología, Pandemic, Low-income countries, Epidemiology
Citation
de Aranzabal M, Fumadó V, Alegria I, Rivera M, Torre N, Guibert B, et al. COVID-19 y África: sobreviviendo entre la espada y la pared [COVID-19 and Africa: Surviving between a rock and a hard place]. An Pediatr (Barc). 2020.