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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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spelling pubmed-78757942021-02-22 What community-based public health approaches in West Africa for COVID-19 epidemic? A reflection based on the African socio-cultural context Sougou, Ndèye Marème Diouf, Jean-baptiste Leye, Mamadou Makhtar Mbacké Bassoum, Oumar Faye, Adama Seck, Ibrahima Pan Afr Med J Essay 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. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2020-06-25 /pmc/articles/PMC7875794/ /pubmed/33623615 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.supp.2020.35.2.24415 Text en © Ndèye Marème Sougou et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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What community-based public health approaches in West Africa for COVID-19 epidemic? A reflection based on the African socio-cultural context
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.supp.2020.35.2.24415
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