This blog is a part of #COVID19Africa Series. Click for English version La première ligne des soins, ligne de front, assure la fonction de premier contact, de coordination des soins sur la personne, d’interface entre la communauté et le système de santé, de mémoire et synthèse des informations, et de responsabilité sanitaire des populations. Représentée par les […]
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COVID-19 puts the health system to test in Bababé, Mauritania
This blog is a part of #COVID19Africa Series. Click for French version Mauritania reported the first cases of COVID-19 on 13 March 2020. To date, the country has 6 confirmed cases: 4 imported cases from Europe, 1 case of community transmission in the capital Nouakchott, 1 imported case from Senegal in Kaédi, a town in Southern […]
Le système de santé de Bababé, Mauritanie, à l’épreuve de COVID 19
This blog is a part of #COVID19Africa Series. Click for English version En Mauritanie, les premiers cas de COVID-19 ont été enregistrés à partir du 13 mars 2020. A ce jour, le pays compte 6 cas confirmés, dont 4 importés d’Europe, 1 cas de transmission communautaire à Nouakchott, la capitale, et 1 cas importé dans la […]
First line response to COVID-19: community health centres and doctors’ offices in Guinea
This blog is a part of #COVID19Africa Series. Click for French version Guinea’s health sector is primarily public. The first line of healthcare consists of more than 410 public health facilities, some 100 private non-profit facilities, and many private for-profit doctors’ offices. Even before the first COVID-19 case was reported in Guinea on 12 March […]
Première ligne de soins et pandémie du COVID-19 : les centres de santé privés à but non lucratif et les cabinets médicaux en Guinée
This blog is a part of #COVID19Africa Series. Click for English version En Guinée, le système de santé est essentiellement public. Sa première ligne de soins regroupe 410 centres de santé publics, une centaine de centres de santé et centres médicaux communautaires privés à but non lucratif et de nombreux cabinets médicaux privés lucratifs. La […]
Is India detecting enough cases to be able to contain COVID-19? A dive into sub-national data
In a bid to control COVID-19, India is in the midst of a 21- day lockdown. It is increasingly becoming clear that COVID-19 cannot be solved in a 21-day race. The big question on everyone’s mind is how, when, and in what form COVID-19 will end? Successful containment comprises tracking the disease transmission within a […]
COVID-19 : Troll, troublemaker or scientist?
In August 2018, my husband and I left London for the colder, darker, but Brexit-free, climes of Sweden. With rose-tinted glasses firmly on, we were excited to live in a country famed for its keen sense of equity, entrepreneurial spirit and pragmatic stylishness. With our own mushroom foraging spot identified, a firm opinion on […]
An ethical perspective from the COVID-19 frontline
In a call with the local health department on panemic control, I asked , what was being done to provide isolation for infected farm workers, prisoners, and the homeless. A member of the department replied, “We have that covered.” When I asked about the steps being taken, he said, “Are you implying that we […]
COVID-19 in the Caribbean region : indications of gendered nature
National governments across the world are scrambling to contain the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The Caribbean region has been affected later than other regions including Asia, Europe and Africa. As at 21st March 2020, twenty-four countries/territories in the Caribbean region have reported a total of 384 confirmed COVID-19 infections. Most cases are imported […]
Saving lives by European solidarity and cooperation in response to COVID-19
COVID-19 is spreading rapidly across Europe. Many people are currently suffering from it and thousands in Europe are dying. We know that these numbers will inevitably rise much further. The European Council recently stressed the importance of European solidarity and cooperation in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Most European countries have ensured that there […]