Ray Nicolas
Groupe GeoHealth, Institut de santé globale, Faculté de médecine, Université de Genève, 1211 Genève 4.
Rev Med Suisse. 2021 Mar 17;17(730):521-523.
The measures put in place to fight the Covid-19 pandemic have a strong impact on many programs to fight several other infectious diseases in Africa. The disruption of drug and equipment supply chains, the interruption of therapies, or the under-detection of new cases produce excess morbidity and mortality linked to many other diseases, including HIV, malaria and tuberculosis. These indirect impacts could ultimately turn out to be much greater than the direct impacts associated with the current Covid-19 pandemic. Mitigation measures for these indirect impacts are underway, but most require access to quality and up-to-date data on the state of health services.
为抗击新冠疫情而采取的措施对非洲许多抗击其他几种传染病的项目产生了重大影响。药品和设备供应链中断、治疗中断或新病例检测不足，导致与包括艾滋病毒、疟疾和结核病在内的许多其他疾病相关的发病率和死亡率过高。这些间接影响最终可能比当前新冠疫情的直接影响大得多。针对这些间接影响的缓解措施正在实施，但大多数措施需要获取有关卫生服务状况的高质量和最新数据。
