This blog is a part of #COVID19Africa Series The outbreak of Covid-19 imposes additional financing requirements to prevent, detect and respond in a timely and effective manner. Underfunding of health is a persistent problem in African countries, resulting in weak health systems and gaps in service delivery. Required funding to promote universal access to primary […]
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The forgotten first line: response to COVID-19 in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo
This blog is a part of #COVID19Africa Series. Click for French version The first line of care, the front line, is the patients’ first point of contact, the coordinator of care, the interface between the community and the health system, and is responsible for the health of a specific population. In much of sub-Sahara Africa and […]
Une première ligne des soins primaires oubliée face à la pandémie du COVID19 : le cas de la ville de Lubumbashi, République Démocratique du Congo
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 […]
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 […]