Zikargae Mekonnen Hailemariam
Department of Journalism and Communications, Bahir Dar University, Faculty of Humanities, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.
Risk Manag Healthc Policy. 2020 Dec 3;13:2803-2810. doi: 10.2147/RMHP.S278234. eCollection 2020.
Highly communicable nature of the pandemic attributed the COVID-19 response in Ethiopia harsher and dangerous. It has been causing a huge fatality and death toll reported. Besides, a very swift transmission of viruses distributed within 213 countries, including Ethiopia. Therefore, this empirical study investigates all government and stakeholders' effects in line with identifying the current status found in Ethiopia.
Qualitative approach of data collections and thematic analysis were used.
The outcomes indicate that COVID-19 situations gain the highest momentum by increasing alarmingly. It shows significant differences after two months since March 2020 it has reported the first case in Ethiopia. The government took several measures ranging from public health emergency response to the state of emergency. The communication strategy and state of emergency are in place to reduce the prospective risks of COVID-19. The strategy segmented the population by tailoring activities of risk communication and community engagement at all levels. The government has strongly obtained various measures like lockdown and a state of emergency. However, it was not strict and has not been heavy-handed that much.
KAP's practices are inadequate to fight and minimize the impacts of the pandemic. Such negligence among the public and related factors undermined the preparedness and responses towards COVID-19 in Ethiopia. New cases and deaths are non-stoppable. The government is using several strategies and need to strengthen those efforts to mobilize and upbeat the KAP's of the public through different communication forms to reinforce the existing efforts and alleviate socio-cultural, political, economic factors to drive out COVID-19 among the people. The efforts are building and strengthening up to the standard level of KAP's while enhancing and promoting existing strategies and the drawing of new documents by focusing on high-risk parts of the population.
大流行的高度传染性使埃塞俄比亚应对新冠疫情的工作更加严峻和危险。它已造成巨大的死亡人数。此外，病毒在包括埃塞俄比亚在内的213个国家迅速传播。因此，本实证研究调查了所有政府和利益相关者的影响，以确定埃塞俄比亚的现状。
采用定性数据收集方法和主题分析。
结果表明，新冠疫情形势急剧上升，势头强劲。自2020年3月埃塞俄比亚报告首例病例以来，两个月后情况出现显著差异。政府采取了多项措施，从公共卫生应急响应到紧急状态。已制定沟通策略和紧急状态措施，以降低新冠疫情的潜在风险。该策略通过在各级开展风险沟通和社区参与活动，对人群进行了细分。政府大力采取了诸如封锁和紧急状态等各种措施。然而，这些措施并不严格，也没有采取高压手段。
知识、态度和实践（KAP）方面的做法不足以抗击疫情并将其影响降至最低。公众的这种疏忽及相关因素削弱了埃塞俄比亚对新冠疫情的防范和应对能力。新增病例和死亡人数不断。政府正在采用多种策略，需要加强这些努力，通过不同的沟通形式动员和提升公众的KAP，以加强现有努力，缓解社会文化、政治、经济因素，从而在民众中消除新冠疫情。这些努力正在构建并加强到KAP的标准水平，同时通过关注高风险人群来加强和推广现有策略并制定新文件。
