Current Context of Pneumonia Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic in Africa
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Olivier Uwishema 1 2 3 , Helen Onyeaka 4 , Baha Aldeen Abdalaziz Alshareif 5 , Mohammed Eltahier Abdalla Omer 6 , Alfredo Lorenzo Recio Sablay 7 , Rabeet Tariq 8 , Rayan Ibrahim Hamid Mohamed 9 , Amirsaman Zahabioun 2 10 , Mohamed Yousif Elamin Yousif 9 , Elie Chalhoub 1 11 , Marcos Roberto Tovani-Palone 12 *
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1 Oli Health Magazine Organization, Research and Education, Kigali, RWANDA2 Clinton Global Initiative University, New York, USA3 Faculty of Medicine, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, TURKEY4 School of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK5 Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Al-Zaiem Al-Azhari University, Khartoum, SUDAN6 Gadarif University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Khartoum, SUDAN7 Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Santo Tomas, Manila, PHILIPPINES8 Liaquat National Hospital and Medical College, Karachi, PAKISTAN9 Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, SUDAN10 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, College of Arts and Sciences: Department of Biology (North Carolina, US), Chapel Hill, USA11 Faculty of Medicine, University of Saint Joseph of Beirut, Beirut, LEBANON12 Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, BRAZIL* Corresponding Author

Abstract

Since the emergence of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, several countries have been strongly affected by the different impacts of the disease. This has not been different in Africa, where in addition to the current load of COVID-19, there are other epidemics (such as pneumonia) that have aggravated the situation. In this perspective article, we discuss various aspects of pneumonia amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa, including its burden, current status and efforts, and related challenges.

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Article Type: Perspective Article

J CONTEMP STUD EPIDEMIOL PUBLIC HEALTH, 2021, Volume 2, Issue 2, Article No: ep21007

https://doi.org/10.30935/jconseph/11281

Publication date: 20 Oct 2021

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