Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan.
Department of Parasitology and Medical entomology, Faculty of medical laboratory Sciences, Nile University, Khartoum, Sudan.
J Infect Dev Ctries. 2021 Nov 30;15(11):1615-1617. doi: 10.3855/jidc.14726.
The impacts of COVID -19 pandemic have been quite significant on healthcare providers. I was particularly challenging for those in Low and Middle-Income Countries including Sudan . Unfortunately, the pandemic has hit Sudan on extremely difficult time for the country and its people. The country was coming out of long-brutal and devastating dictatorship and transitioning to new democracy with civilian leadership. In addition to the pandemic related issues, trying to rebuild the health system during socioeconomic crisis, healthcare providers in the country were challenged personally and professionally. These challenges include the stress of working in under-resourced settings with limited access to personal-protection equipment and testing kits raised the fear of contracting the virus and spreading it to their families. The professional, social, and personal life of healthcare providers have been dramatically changed by the ongoing pandemic, however, they are heroically accepting this change in a hope that, this will save the life of many more people. Nevertheless, their fights and sacrifices should at least be rewarded by governments and communities altogether strictly enforce the implementation of other preventive measures including vaccination, face masking, and social distancing and get all protected. We should all understand that, unless we are all protected no one is protected, so all must adapt to the new norm of life and collaborate not only on ending this pandemic but to prevent similar ones in the future.
新冠疫情对医疗保健提供者的影响非常大。对于包括苏丹在内的低收入和中等收入国家的医护人员来说，这尤其具有挑战性。不幸的是，疫情在苏丹国家和人民极其困难的时候袭击了该国。该国刚刚摆脱长期残酷和毁灭性的独裁统治，向新的民主制度过渡，由文职领导。除了与疫情相关的问题外，苏丹还试图在社会经济危机期间重建卫生系统，这使得该国的医疗保健提供者在个人和专业方面都面临挑战。这些挑战包括在资源有限的环境中工作的压力，他们几乎无法获得个人防护设备和检测试剂盒，这增加了他们感染病毒并将病毒传播给家人的恐惧。持续的大流行使医疗保健提供者的职业、社会和个人生活发生了巨大变化，但他们勇敢地接受了这一变化，希望这能挽救更多人的生命。然而，政府和社区至少应该通过严格执行其他预防措施来回报他们的努力和牺牲，包括接种疫苗、戴口罩和保持社交距离并确保所有医护人员都受到保护。我们都应该明白，除非我们都受到保护，否则没有人受到保护，因此我们所有人都必须适应新生活的新常态，不仅要共同结束这场大流行，还要防止未来发生类似的大流行。
