Jurnal Internasional Afrika vol. 10 issue 2 2020
African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Preparedness is key - the challenge of COVID-19 in low resource settings: four checklists from Doctors Worldwide to prepare for COVID-19
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Title
Jurnal Internasional Afrika vol. 10 issue 2 2020
African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Preparedness is key - the challenge of COVID-19 in low resource settings: four checklists from Doctors Worldwide to prepare for COVID-19
African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Preparedness is key - the challenge of COVID-19 in low resource settings: four checklists from Doctors Worldwide to prepare for COVID-19
Subject
Preparedness is key - the challenge of COVID-19 in low resource settings: four checklists from
Doctors Worldwide to prepare for COVID-19
Doctors Worldwide to prepare for COVID-19
Description
For many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) across the
globe, the COVID-19 pandemic presents a great challenge to healthcare
systems. Images of struggling hospitals in some of the wealthiest
countries continue to fill news cycles, showing government plights of
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) shortages, low stock and unsatisfactory
distribution of ventilators, and cries over the capacity to
treat critical patients. Entire hospitals constructed within a matter of
weeks with adequate resources on stand-by have drawn praise for the
responsiveness of healthcare services in these regions. Within these
countries, the pandemic has proven challenging, as well as stretched the
capability of their existing systems.
When considering LMICs, COVID-19 places significant further strain
on fragile healthcare provisions [1] already dealing with many endemic
communicable diseases (tuberculosis, malaria, viral hepatitis and HIV)
among other infectious disease outbreaks (Lassa fever, cholera) [2].
COVID-19 has the potential to cripple such systems, including areas
where strides have been made to strengthen current systems and improve
provision. This is even more desperate when reviewing the
context and situation within temporary healthcare settings, from field
hospitals in regions of conflict to clinics situated within refugee camps.
While there is a degree of reassurance in the availability of information
surrounding COVID-19, its sheer volume can be overwhelming
when considering its translation and implementation within
a local setting. The inability to recreate the preparedness “packages” on
the level witnessed within high income countries creates the need for an
adapted response to save lives.
globe, the COVID-19 pandemic presents a great challenge to healthcare
systems. Images of struggling hospitals in some of the wealthiest
countries continue to fill news cycles, showing government plights of
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) shortages, low stock and unsatisfactory
distribution of ventilators, and cries over the capacity to
treat critical patients. Entire hospitals constructed within a matter of
weeks with adequate resources on stand-by have drawn praise for the
responsiveness of healthcare services in these regions. Within these
countries, the pandemic has proven challenging, as well as stretched the
capability of their existing systems.
When considering LMICs, COVID-19 places significant further strain
on fragile healthcare provisions [1] already dealing with many endemic
communicable diseases (tuberculosis, malaria, viral hepatitis and HIV)
among other infectious disease outbreaks (Lassa fever, cholera) [2].
COVID-19 has the potential to cripple such systems, including areas
where strides have been made to strengthen current systems and improve
provision. This is even more desperate when reviewing the
context and situation within temporary healthcare settings, from field
hospitals in regions of conflict to clinics situated within refugee camps.
While there is a degree of reassurance in the availability of information
surrounding COVID-19, its sheer volume can be overwhelming
when considering its translation and implementation within
a local setting. The inability to recreate the preparedness “packages” on
the level witnessed within high income countries creates the need for an
adapted response to save lives.
Creator
Guest editorial
Source
www.elsevier.com/locate/afjem
Publisher
afem
Date
07 May 2020
Contributor
peri irawan
Format
pdf
Language
english
Type
text
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Citation
Guest editorial, “Jurnal Internasional Afrika vol. 10 issue 2 2020
African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Preparedness is key - the challenge of COVID-19 in low resource settings: four checklists from Doctors Worldwide to prepare for COVID-19,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed May 10, 2025, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/2436.
African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Preparedness is key - the challenge of COVID-19 in low resource settings: four checklists from Doctors Worldwide to prepare for COVID-19,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed May 10, 2025, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/2436.