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COVID-19, an opportunity for developing countries?
Vincenzo RacalbutoLee SmithNicola VeroneseDamiano Pizzolsubject
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)coronavirusDeveloping countryWorst-case scenarioDisease Outbreaks03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicinecoronavirus infectionsOrder (exchange)Development economicsPandemicHumanslow-and lower-middle-income countries030212 general & internal medicineDeveloping CountriesHealth policySARS-CoV-2030503 health policy & serviceslcsh:Public aspects of medicineHealth PolicyIncidencePublic Health Environmental and Occupational Healthcoronavirus infections low-and lower-middle-income countries perspective Africa COVID-19 Developing Countries Disease Outbreaks Humans Incidence Public Health SARS-CoV-2 South America Health PolicyOutbreakCOVID-19lcsh:RA1-1270South AmericaScale (social sciences)AfricaPerspectiveBusinessPublic Health0305 other medical sciencedescription
The COVID-19 outbreak was declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) as global pandemic in March 2020. Considering the necessity to implement rapid response to control the pandemic and the fragility and the state of need of low income countries, it will be mandatory to develop a global approach in order to reduce the spread of infection and the creation of community viral reservoirs. So far, we could hypothesize a worst case scenario in which when the COVID-19 outbreak hits a peak in Africa and in low-income countries, the majority of such countries will be unprepared, with low resources allocated for affording the viral emergency and the consequences will be catastrophic with no lesson learnt. In the best case scenario, the COVID-19 will not affect Africa or South America on a large scale and, if the prevention measures will be implemented, we could register a lower incidence of hygiene linked diseases that still represent leading causes of death.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-11-23 |