Michael O S, Badejo J A, Adeoye M O, Falade C O
Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
Ann Ib Postgrad Med. 2021 Jun;19(Suppl 1):S49-S51.
The COVID-19 pandemic has spread to many malaria endemic countries in sub Saharan Africa. There is little or no experience on how the impact of policies put in place to curtail further spread of the pandemic will affect the epidemiology of malaria during the malaria season. The objective of this write-up is to put in perspective, the need to ensure effective malaria control in the midst of the COVID-19 crises. Proper integration of the COVID-19 safety and treatment guidelines with malaria control policies and effective diagnosis in malaria endemic countries in sub Saharan Africa are important in mitigating morbidity and mortality rates which may rise if malaria cases are neglected due to the current burden of the COVID-19 pandemic.
新冠疫情已蔓延至撒哈拉以南非洲的许多疟疾流行国家。对于为遏制疫情进一步传播而实施的政策影响在疟疾季节如何影响疟疾流行病学，几乎没有相关经验。本文的目的是正确看待在新冠疫情危机中确保有效控制疟疾的必要性。在撒哈拉以南非洲的疟疾流行国家，将新冠疫情安全与治疗指南与疟疾控制政策及有效的疟疾诊断妥善整合，对于降低发病率和死亡率十分重要，因为如果因当前新冠疫情负担而忽视疟疾病例，发病率和死亡率可能会上升。
