Nhari Leroy Gore, Dzobo Mathias, Chitungo Itai, Denhere Knowledge, Musuka Godfrey, Dzinamarira Tafadzwa
National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe.
Public Health Pract (Oxf). 2020 Nov;1:100058. doi: 10.1016/j.puhip.2020.100058. Epub 2020 Dec 22.
The arrival of COVID-19 has disrupted health service provision globally. In this note, the authors discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the provision of tuberculosis (TB) services in Zimbabwe. TB is endemic in the country and disruption of services may potentially have serious consequences for patients with existing and undiagnosed TB. In this letter, the authors discuss the need for innovative strategies that ensure TB prevention and treatment services in a manner which reduces COVID-19 risk to patients and healthcare workers.
新型冠状病毒肺炎(COVID-19)的出现扰乱了全球医疗服务的提供。在本报告中,作者讨论了COVID-19大流行对津巴布韦结核病(TB)服务提供的影响。结核病在该国呈地方性流行,服务中断可能会对现有结核病患者和未确诊结核病患者产生严重后果。在这封信中,作者讨论了需要创新策略,以确保结核病预防和治疗服务的方式降低患者和医护人员感染COVID-19的风险。