World Health Organization COVID-19 preparedness and response team, Juba, Republic of South Sudan.
Infect Dis Poverty. 2020 Oct 28;9(1):150. doi: 10.1186/s40249-020-00740-0.
The ongoing pandemic of the coronavirus disease 2019 has spread rapidly to all countries of the world. Africa is particularly predisposed to an escalation of the pandemic and its negative impact given its weak economy and health systems. In addition, inadequate access to the social determinants of health such as water and sanitation and socio-cultural attributes may constrain the implementation of critical preventive measures such as hand washing and social distancing on the continent.Given these facts, the continent needs to focus on targeted and high impact prevention and control strategies and interventions which could break the chain of transmission quickly. We conclude that the available body of scientific evidence on the coronavirus disease 2019 holds the key to the development of such strategies and interventions.Going forward, we recommend that the African research community should scale up research to provide scientific evidence for a better characterization of the epidemiology, transmission dynamics, prevention and control of the virus on the continent.
2019 年冠状病毒病的持续大流行已迅速蔓延至世界各国。由于非洲经济和卫生系统薄弱，其疫情和负面冲击尤其容易升级。此外，由于获取水和卫生设施等健康决定因素以及社会文化属性的机会不足，可能会限制非洲大陆实施洗手和保持社交距离等关键预防措施。鉴于这些事实，非洲大陆需要重点制定有针对性和高影响力的预防和控制战略及干预措施，以迅速阻断传播链。我们的结论是，现有的关于 2019 年冠状病毒病的科学证据为制定这些战略和干预措施提供了关键。我们建议，非洲研究界应加大研究力度，为更好地描述该病毒在非洲大陆的流行病学、传播动力学、预防和控制提供科学依据。
