Emergency Care Systems: The Missing Link for Effective Treatment of COVID-19 in Africa

Cases of COVID-19 are rising quickly on the African continent. A critical element of any health system response to such a surge of active cases is the existence of functional emergency care systems. Yet, these systems are markedly underdeveloped in African countries. This short letter reviews the ke...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Calvello Hynes, Emilie J., Bills, Corey B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2020
Materias:
Letter to the Editor
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7450233/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32660671
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2020.239
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Sumario:Cases of COVID-19 are rising quickly on the African continent. A critical element of any health system response to such a surge of active cases is the existence of functional emergency care systems. Yet, these systems are markedly underdeveloped in African countries. This short letter reviews the key role emergency medicine plays in epidemic disease response and actions that ministries of health can take now to shore up gaps in emergency care capacity to avoid needless death and suffering of COVID-19 patients.

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