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How Prepared Is Africa for the COVID-19 Pandemic Response? The Case of Ethiopia
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an ongoing pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The objective of this research communication is to describe the general epidemic preparedness of Ethiopia using “Ready score” criterion that was developed by Prevent...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7358088/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32753990 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/RMHP.S258273 |
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author | Tolu, Lemi Belay Ezeh, Alex Feyissa, Garumma Tolu |
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description | The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an ongoing pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The objective of this research communication is to describe the general epidemic preparedness of Ethiopia using “Ready score” criterion that was developed by PreventEpidemics.org. The ReadyScore criteria is used to determine whether a country is prepared to find, stop, and prevent epidemics. This set of criteria advises countries to take tailored measures based on their actual circumstances. Ethiopia’s preparedness as assessed using the ReadyScore criteria is 52%, which indicates that much work is expected from the country. Based on the current situation of Ethiopia’s epidemic preparedness, the currently increasing trend in the number of COVID-19 cases and the current situation of Ethiopia in relation to its preparedness to mitigate the pandemic of Covid-19, we recommend (a) mass communication and community mobilization, (b) social distancing measures, (c) sanitary measures, (d) maximizing case tracing and detection, (e) developing detailed operational guidelines on preventive measures across different businesses, organizational and community settings, (f) measures for sustaining essential health services and (g) proactive measures to sustain life during the lockdown. |
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spelling | pubmed-73580882020-08-03 How Prepared Is Africa for the COVID-19 Pandemic Response? The Case of Ethiopia Tolu, Lemi Belay Ezeh, Alex Feyissa, Garumma Tolu Risk Manag Healthc Policy Perspectives The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an ongoing pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The objective of this research communication is to describe the general epidemic preparedness of Ethiopia using “Ready score” criterion that was developed by PreventEpidemics.org. The ReadyScore criteria is used to determine whether a country is prepared to find, stop, and prevent epidemics. This set of criteria advises countries to take tailored measures based on their actual circumstances. Ethiopia’s preparedness as assessed using the ReadyScore criteria is 52%, which indicates that much work is expected from the country. Based on the current situation of Ethiopia’s epidemic preparedness, the currently increasing trend in the number of COVID-19 cases and the current situation of Ethiopia in relation to its preparedness to mitigate the pandemic of Covid-19, we recommend (a) mass communication and community mobilization, (b) social distancing measures, (c) sanitary measures, (d) maximizing case tracing and detection, (e) developing detailed operational guidelines on preventive measures across different businesses, organizational and community settings, (f) measures for sustaining essential health services and (g) proactive measures to sustain life during the lockdown. Dove 2020-07-09 /pmc/articles/PMC7358088/ /pubmed/32753990 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/RMHP.S258273 Text en © 2020 Tolu et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php). |
spellingShingle | Perspectives Tolu, Lemi Belay Ezeh, Alex Feyissa, Garumma Tolu How Prepared Is Africa for the COVID-19 Pandemic Response? The Case of Ethiopia |
title | How Prepared Is Africa for the COVID-19 Pandemic Response? The Case of Ethiopia |
title_full | How Prepared Is Africa for the COVID-19 Pandemic Response? The Case of Ethiopia |
title_fullStr | How Prepared Is Africa for the COVID-19 Pandemic Response? The Case of Ethiopia |
title_full_unstemmed | How Prepared Is Africa for the COVID-19 Pandemic Response? The Case of Ethiopia |
title_short | How Prepared Is Africa for the COVID-19 Pandemic Response? The Case of Ethiopia |
title_sort | how prepared is africa for the covid-19 pandemic response? the case of ethiopia |
topic | Perspectives |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7358088/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32753990 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/RMHP.S258273 |
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