COVID-19 in Africa: preparing for the storm

J Chakaya; A Binegdie; A Irungu; B Pearson; D Gray; H J Zar; I Schewitz; J Kagima; K Mortimer; O B Ozoh; R Masekela; S B Gordon; W Worodria; J Aluoch

doi:10.5588/ijtld.20.0281

COVID-19 in Africa: preparing for the storm

Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2020 Jul 1;24(7):744-746. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.20.0281.

Authors

J Chakaya¹, A Binegdie², A Irungu³, B Pearson⁴, D Gray⁵, H J Zar⁶, I Schewitz⁷, J Kagima⁸, K Mortimer⁹, O B Ozoh¹⁰, R Masekela¹¹, S B Gordon¹², W Worodria¹³, J Aluoch¹⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Dermatology, Psychiatry and Therapeutics, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya, Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK.
² Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
³ Gertrude's Children's Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁴ FSG Africa Limited, Cambridge, UK.
⁵ Division of Paediatric Pulmonology, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
⁶ Department of Paediatrics & Child Health and SA Medical Research Council Unit on Child & Adolescent Health, Red Cross Children's Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
⁷ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
⁸ Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK, Department of Internal Medicine, Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁹ Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK.
¹⁰ Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria.
¹¹ Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Nelson R Mandela School of Clinical Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, South Africa.
¹² Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK, Malawi-Liverpool Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi.
¹³ Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration, Mulago Hospital, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
¹⁴ The Nairobi Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya, <email></email>, Email: chakaya.jm@gmail.com.

PMID: 32718414
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.20.0281

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Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Africa
Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections / prevention & control*
Coronavirus Infections / therapy
Delivery of Health Care / organization & administration*
Humans
Infection Control / methods*
Pandemics / prevention & control*
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral / prevention & control*
Pneumonia, Viral / therapy
Risk Factors
SARS-CoV-2