新冠疫情与乌干达癌症服务可及性差距的不断扩大。
COVID-19 pandemic and the widening gap to access cancer services in Uganda.
作者信息
Abila Derrick Bary, Ainembabazi Provia, Wabinga Henry
机构信息
Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda.
Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
出版信息
Pan Afr Med J. 2020 Aug 10;35(Suppl 2):140. doi: 10.11604/pamj.supp.2020.35.140.25029. eCollection 2020.
The COVID-19 pandemic and its public health control measures have led to worldwide interruptions in healthcare service delivery, and cancer services are no exception. These interruptions have exacerbated the effects of previously reported barriers to accessing cancer care which was reportedly low even before the pandemic. If these effects are not mitigated, the achievements in cancer control that had already been made could be watered down. Measuring the impact of COVID-19 pandemic control measures on delivery of and access to cancer services in Uganda as well as other countries worldwide can inform the design of current and future responses to epidemics while putting into context other diseases like cancer that have a high burden.
新冠疫情及其公共卫生控制措施导致全球医疗服务提供中断，癌症服务也不例外。这些中断加剧了此前报告的获得癌症护理的障碍所带来的影响，据报道，即使在疫情之前，获得癌症护理的机会就很低。如果这些影响得不到缓解，已经取得的癌症控制成果可能会大打折扣。衡量新冠疫情控制措施对乌干达以及全球其他国家癌症服务的提供和可及性的影响，可以为当前和未来应对疫情的措施设计提供参考，同时将癌症等负担沉重的其他疾病考虑在内。
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