Mass masking as a way to contain COVID-19 and exit lockdown in low- and middle-income countries

In new guidelines published on June 5th 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that in areas with ongoing COVID-19 community transmission, governments should encourage the general public to wear face masks in specific situations and settings as part of a comprehensive approach to suppr...

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Autores principales: Siewe Fodjo, Joseph Nelson, Pengpid, Supa, Villela, Edlaine Faria de Moura, Van Thang, Vo, Ahmed, Mohammed, Ditekemena, John, Crespo, Bernardo Vega, Wanyenze, Rhoda K, Dula, Janeth, Watanabe, Takashi, Delgado-Ratto, Christopher, Driessche, Koen Vanden, Van den Bergh, Rafael, Colebunders, Robert
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The British Infection Association. Published by Elsevier Ltd. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7366097/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32682733
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2020.07.015
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Sumario:In new guidelines published on June 5th 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that in areas with ongoing COVID-19 community transmission, governments should encourage the general public to wear face masks in specific situations and settings as part of a comprehensive approach to suppress COVID-19 transmission. Recent online surveys in 206,729 persons residing in nine low- and middle-income countries showed that 32.7%-99.7% of respondents used face masks with significant differences across age groups and sexes. Targeted health promotion strategies and government support are required to increase mask use by the general population.

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