Department of Public Health and Hygiene, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon.
Saint Louis University Institute of Health and Biomedical Sciences, Douala, Cameroon.
Pan Afr Med J. 2020 Jun 21;35(Suppl 2):86. doi: 10.11604/pamj.supp.2020.35.24061. eCollection 2020.
COVID-19 Pandemic has the potential to overwhelm the underserved health care systems of African countries characterized by inadequate infrastructure and too few medical personnel. In responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic, many African countries are using a combination of containment and mitigation activities but in this commentary, we focus on what we term the Non-SHEF2 (S: Social distancing, H: Hands, E: Elbows, F: Face, F: Feel) model related control and containment measures which include seven key measures against COVID-19 doped 'TITHQC2' namely, T: Travel-related measures, I: Information and guidance, T: Treatment; H: Hospital containment measures; Q: Quarantine, C: Community containment measures, C: Case detection and contact tracing. COVID-19 is a reality and demands rapid and decisive action to be taken.
新冠疫情有可能使基础设施不足和医务人员太少的非洲国家的医疗服务匮乏系统不堪重负。在应对新冠疫情时，许多非洲国家正在综合采取遏制和缓解措施，但在本评论中，我们重点关注我们称之为非 SHEF2（S：社交距离，H：手，E：肘，F：脸，F：感觉）模型相关的控制和遏制措施，其中包括针对新冠疫情的七个关键措施，即 TITHQC2：T：旅行相关措施，I：信息和指导，T：治疗；H：医院遏制措施；Q：隔离，C：社区遏制措施，C：病例发现和接触者追踪。新冠疫情是现实，需要迅速果断地采取行动。
