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From Easing Lockdowns to Scaling Up Community-based Coronavirus Disease 2019 Screening, Testing, and Contact Tracing in Africa—Shared Approaches, Innovations, and Challenges to Minimize Morbidity and Mortality

The arrival of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on the African continent resulted in a range of lockdown measures that curtailed the spread of the infection but caused economic hardship. African countries now face difficult choices regarding easing of lockdowns and sustaining effective public hea...

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Autores principales:	Nachega, Jean B, Grimwood, Ashraf, Mahomed, Hassan, Fatti, Geoffrey, Preiser, Wolfgang, Kallay, Oscar, Mbala, Placide K, Muyembe, Jean-Jacques T, Rwagasore, Edson, Nsanzimana, Sabin, Ngamije, Daniel, Condo, Jeanine, Sidat, Mohsin, Noormahomed, Emilia V, Reid, Michael, Lukeni, Beatrice, Suleman, Fatima, Mteta, Alfred, Zumla, Alimuddin
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Oxford University Press 2020
Materias:	Viewpoints
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7314180/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33501963 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa695

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