What community-based public health approaches in West Africa for COVID-19 epidemic? A reflection based on the African socio-cultural context

The social and cultural dimensions of health influence the course of disease and condition the success of health interventions. In Africa, previous epidemics such as Ebola have shown the importance of contextualizing health interventions. This literature review contributes to the reflection on the a...

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Autores principales: Sougou, Ndèye Marème, Diouf, Jean-baptiste, Leye, Mamadou Makhtar Mbacké, Bassoum, Oumar, Faye, Adama, Seck, Ibrahima
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7875794/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33623615
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.supp.2020.35.2.24415
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Sumario:The social and cultural dimensions of health influence the course of disease and condition the success of health interventions. In Africa, previous epidemics such as Ebola have shown the importance of contextualizing health interventions. This literature review contributes to the reflection on the analysis of community-based interventions in the context of the particularities of West Africa in the fight against the pandemic in COVID-19.

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