Centre for Global Health, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
Department of Psychology, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
Glob Health Promot. 2021 Mar;28(1):70-74. doi: 10.1177/1757975920977874. Epub 2020 Dec 10.
The current coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continues to overwhelm healthcare systems and to exert a negative influence on the global economy. Of particular concern is the impact of COVID-19 in low-income settings - especially in terms of their capacity to mitigate a surge in COVID-19 cases. Indeed, response measures currently in place to tackle the spread of COVID-19 in geographic regions predominantly consisting of low-income nations, such as Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), remain tenuous and will require context-appropriate interventions. Control measures to tackle COVID-19 in SSA should therefore be informed through lessons learned from past outbreaks and emergencies on the continent. These lessons will represent a key source of guidance for the strategic implementation and promotion of public health interventions to assist scale-up of COVID-19 case management, infection prevention and control. Importantly, as governments in SSA continue to combat the spread of COVID-19, there will be a need to expand the coverage of social safety net programs and fiscal policy responses to tackle the socio-economic and health impact of COVID-19.
当前的冠状病毒（COVID-19）大流行继续使医疗体系不堪重负，并对全球经济产生负面影响。特别令人关切的是 COVID-19 在低收入环境中的影响 - 特别是在减轻 COVID-19 病例激增方面的能力。事实上，目前为应对主要由低收入国家组成的地理区域（如撒哈拉以南非洲（SSA））COVID-19 传播而采取的应对措施仍然很脆弱，需要采取适合具体情况的干预措施。因此，应该通过从该大陆过去的疫情和紧急情况中吸取的经验教训来指导 SSA 应对 COVID-19 的控制措施。这些经验教训将为战略实施和推广公共卫生干预措施提供关键指导，以帮助扩大 COVID-19 病例管理、感染预防和控制的规模。重要的是，随着 SSA 各国政府继续抗击 COVID-19 的传播，需要扩大社会安全网计划和财政政策应对措施的覆盖范围，以应对 COVID-19 的社会经济和健康影响。
