非洲新冠疫情期间的麻疹疫情：应对迫在眉睫的危机。
Measles outbreak amidst COVID-19 pandemic in Africa: grappling with looming crises.
作者信息
Aborode Abdullahi Tunde, Babatunde Abdulhammed Opeyemi, Osayomwanbor Bright-Agbonze Samuel, Fajemisin Emmanuel Adebowale, Inya Oko Christian, Olajiga Olayinka, Uwandu-Uzoma Anthony Chinonso
机构信息
Healthy Africans Platform, Research and Development, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Student Against COVID-19, Research and Education, New York, USA.
出版信息
Trop Med Health. 2021 Nov 2;49(1):89. doi: 10.1186/s41182-021-00375-3.
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and measles are major threats to the health and wellbeing of Africans. Measles is an endemic disease in Africa with a high mortality rate especially in children despite available vaccines. This letter aims to discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on prevention and management of measles in Africa. The emergence of COVID-19 has exacerbated the morbidities of measles due to multi-factors like the disruption of mass measles routine vaccination, a monopolistic focus on COVID-19 eradication, malnutrition, and poor surveillance. Currently, the COVID-19 pandemic and looming measles epidemic pose a double burden on the African health sector. We recommend urgent interventions from government and other stakeholders including community leaders to strengthen measles research and vaccination programs in Africa amidst the pandemic.
2019冠状病毒病（COVID-19）和麻疹是对非洲人健康与福祉的重大威胁。麻疹是非洲的一种地方病，尽管有可用疫苗，但死亡率很高，尤其是在儿童中。本信函旨在讨论COVID-19大流行对非洲麻疹预防和管理的影响。COVID-19的出现由于多种因素加剧了麻疹的发病率，如大规模麻疹常规疫苗接种中断、对根除COVID-19的单一关注、营养不良和监测不力。目前，COVID-19大流行和迫在眉睫的麻疹疫情给非洲卫生部门带来了双重负担。我们建议政府和包括社区领袖在内的其他利益攸关方立即采取干预措施，以便在大流行期间加强非洲的麻疹研究和疫苗接种计划。
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