“An increase in COVID-19 patients would be overwhelming”: A qualitative description of healthcare workers’ experiences during the first wave of COVID-19 (March 2020 to October 2020) at Malawi’s largest referral hospital. [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

Background  COVID-19 is currently a global health threat. Healthcare workers are on the front-line of the COVID-19 outbreak response and therefore at heightened risk of infection. There is a dearth of evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa about healthcare worker experiences in managing COVID-19.  We have...

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Main Authors: Nicola Desmond, Blessings M Kapumba, Felix Limbani, Tamara Phiri, Henry Mzinganjira, Henry C Mwandumba, Ben Morton, Jamie Rylance
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wellcome 2022-02-01
Series:Wellcome Open Research
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Online Access:https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/7-40/v1