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Tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and Malaria Health Services in sub-Saharan Africa – A Situation Analysis of the Disruptions and Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic()
BACKGROUND: The unprecedented and ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has exposed weaknesses in African countries’ health systems. The impact of shifted focus on COVID-19 for the past 2 years on routine health services, especially those for the epidemics of Tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and Malaria, have been dramat...
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The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of International Society for Infectious Diseases.
2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8949686/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35341998 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2022.03.033 |
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author | Chanda-Kapata, Pascalina Ntoumi, Francine Kapata, Nathan Lungu, Patrick Mucheleng'anga, Luchenga Adam Chakaya, Jeremiah Tembo, John Himwaze, Cordelia Ansumana, Rashid Asogun, Danny Mfinanga, Sayoki Nyasulu, Peter Mwaba, Peter Yeboah-Manu, Dorothy Zumla, Alimuddin Nachega, Jean B. |
author_facet | Chanda-Kapata, Pascalina Ntoumi, Francine Kapata, Nathan Lungu, Patrick Mucheleng'anga, Luchenga Adam Chakaya, Jeremiah Tembo, John Himwaze, Cordelia Ansumana, Rashid Asogun, Danny Mfinanga, Sayoki Nyasulu, Peter Mwaba, Peter Yeboah-Manu, Dorothy Zumla, Alimuddin Nachega, Jean B. |
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description | BACKGROUND: The unprecedented and ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has exposed weaknesses in African countries’ health systems. The impact of shifted focus on COVID-19 for the past 2 years on routine health services, especially those for the epidemics of Tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and Malaria, have been dramatic in both quantity and quality. METHODS: In this article, we reflect on the COVID-19 related disruptions on the Tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and Malaria routine health services across Africa. RESULTS: The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in disruptions of routine health services and diversion of already limited available resources in sub-Saharan Africa. As a result, disease programs like TB, malaria and HIV have recorded gaps in prevention and treatment with the prospects of reversing gains made towards meeting global targets. The extent of the disruption is yet to be fully quantified at country level as most data available is from modelling estimates before and during the pandemic. CONCLUSIONS: Accurate country-level data is required to convince donors and governments to invest more into revamping these health services and help prepare for managing future pandemics without disruption of routine services. Increasing government expenditure on health is a critical part of Africa's economic policy. Strengthening health systems at various levels to overcome the negative impacts of COVID-19, and preparing for future epidemics will require strong visionary political leadership. Innovations in service delivery and technological adaptations are required as countries aim to limit disruptions to routine services. |
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spelling | pubmed-89496862022-03-25 Tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and Malaria Health Services in sub-Saharan Africa – A Situation Analysis of the Disruptions and Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic() Chanda-Kapata, Pascalina Ntoumi, Francine Kapata, Nathan Lungu, Patrick Mucheleng'anga, Luchenga Adam Chakaya, Jeremiah Tembo, John Himwaze, Cordelia Ansumana, Rashid Asogun, Danny Mfinanga, Sayoki Nyasulu, Peter Mwaba, Peter Yeboah-Manu, Dorothy Zumla, Alimuddin Nachega, Jean B. Int J Infect Dis Article BACKGROUND: The unprecedented and ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has exposed weaknesses in African countries’ health systems. The impact of shifted focus on COVID-19 for the past 2 years on routine health services, especially those for the epidemics of Tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and Malaria, have been dramatic in both quantity and quality. METHODS: In this article, we reflect on the COVID-19 related disruptions on the Tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and Malaria routine health services across Africa. RESULTS: The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in disruptions of routine health services and diversion of already limited available resources in sub-Saharan Africa. As a result, disease programs like TB, malaria and HIV have recorded gaps in prevention and treatment with the prospects of reversing gains made towards meeting global targets. The extent of the disruption is yet to be fully quantified at country level as most data available is from modelling estimates before and during the pandemic. CONCLUSIONS: Accurate country-level data is required to convince donors and governments to invest more into revamping these health services and help prepare for managing future pandemics without disruption of routine services. Increasing government expenditure on health is a critical part of Africa's economic policy. Strengthening health systems at various levels to overcome the negative impacts of COVID-19, and preparing for future epidemics will require strong visionary political leadership. Innovations in service delivery and technological adaptations are required as countries aim to limit disruptions to routine services. The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of International Society for Infectious Diseases. 2022-11 2022-03-25 /pmc/articles/PMC8949686/ /pubmed/35341998 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2022.03.033 Text en © 2022 The Author(s) Since January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre - including this research content - immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active. |
spellingShingle | Article Chanda-Kapata, Pascalina Ntoumi, Francine Kapata, Nathan Lungu, Patrick Mucheleng'anga, Luchenga Adam Chakaya, Jeremiah Tembo, John Himwaze, Cordelia Ansumana, Rashid Asogun, Danny Mfinanga, Sayoki Nyasulu, Peter Mwaba, Peter Yeboah-Manu, Dorothy Zumla, Alimuddin Nachega, Jean B. Tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and Malaria Health Services in sub-Saharan Africa – A Situation Analysis of the Disruptions and Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic() |
title | Tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and Malaria Health Services in sub-Saharan Africa – A Situation Analysis of the Disruptions and Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic() |
title_full | Tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and Malaria Health Services in sub-Saharan Africa – A Situation Analysis of the Disruptions and Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic() |
title_fullStr | Tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and Malaria Health Services in sub-Saharan Africa – A Situation Analysis of the Disruptions and Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic() |
title_full_unstemmed | Tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and Malaria Health Services in sub-Saharan Africa – A Situation Analysis of the Disruptions and Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic() |
title_short | Tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and Malaria Health Services in sub-Saharan Africa – A Situation Analysis of the Disruptions and Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic() |
title_sort | tuberculosis, hiv/aids and malaria health services in sub-saharan africa – a situation analysis of the disruptions and impact of the covid-19 pandemic() |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8949686/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35341998 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2022.03.033 |
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