Meningitis during COVID -19 pandemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A call for concern
Meningitis is a severe infection and a major public health challenge. The meningitis outbreak which had resurfaced amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been further stressing the health care systems that are already overburdened with det...
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| author | Osaretin Christabel Okonji Sudhan Rackimuthu Shazil Ahmed Gangat Parvathy Mohanan Utkarsha Uday Zamina Islam Mohammad Yasir Essar Fidèle Nyimi Bushabu |
| author_facet | Osaretin Christabel Okonji Sudhan Rackimuthu Shazil Ahmed Gangat Parvathy Mohanan Utkarsha Uday Zamina Islam Mohammad Yasir Essar Fidèle Nyimi Bushabu |
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| description | Meningitis is a severe infection and a major public health challenge. The meningitis outbreak which had resurfaced amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been further stressing the health care systems that are already overburdened with detecting, preventing, and treating the current coronavirus disease. The recent meningitis outbreak in the DRC has resulted in a high case fatality ratio of 50% - an extremely worrying concern. Robust strategies are hence needed to curb the spread of the disease amid the COVID-19 pandemic, to prevent further adverse health outcomes and to mitigate the compounding burden on the country's healthcare systems. Several measures such as vaccination campaigns, adherence to sanitation and hygiene, improved surveillance and diagnostic capabilities could help prevent future epidemics in the country. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-39347f0bce7d409eafa3c9e632b287022022-12-21T23:54:01ZengElsevierClinical Epidemiology and Global Health2213-39842022-01-0113100955Meningitis during COVID -19 pandemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A call for concernOsaretin Christabel Okonji0Sudhan Rackimuthu1Shazil Ahmed Gangat2Parvathy Mohanan3Utkarsha Uday4Zamina Islam5Mohammad Yasir Essar6Fidèle Nyimi Bushabu7School of Pharmacy, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South AfricaFather Muller Medical College, Mangalore, Karnataka, IndiaDow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, PakistanDepartment of General Medicine, Medical University Sofia, Sofia, BulgariaWest Bengal University of Health Sciences DD-36, Salt Lake, Sector-1, Kolkata, 700064 IndiaDow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, PakistanCorresponding author.; Kabul University of Medical Sciences, Kabul, AfghanistanService of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Dental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, CongoMeningitis is a severe infection and a major public health challenge. The meningitis outbreak which had resurfaced amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been further stressing the health care systems that are already overburdened with detecting, preventing, and treating the current coronavirus disease. The recent meningitis outbreak in the DRC has resulted in a high case fatality ratio of 50% - an extremely worrying concern. Robust strategies are hence needed to curb the spread of the disease amid the COVID-19 pandemic, to prevent further adverse health outcomes and to mitigate the compounding burden on the country's healthcare systems. Several measures such as vaccination campaigns, adherence to sanitation and hygiene, improved surveillance and diagnostic capabilities could help prevent future epidemics in the country.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213398421002633MeningitisCOVID-19OutbreakDemocratic republic of CongoWest AfricaPublic health |
| spellingShingle | Osaretin Christabel Okonji Sudhan Rackimuthu Shazil Ahmed Gangat Parvathy Mohanan Utkarsha Uday Zamina Islam Mohammad Yasir Essar Fidèle Nyimi Bushabu Meningitis during COVID -19 pandemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A call for concern Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health Meningitis COVID-19 Outbreak Democratic republic of Congo West Africa Public health |
| title | Meningitis during COVID -19 pandemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A call for concern |
| title_full | Meningitis during COVID -19 pandemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A call for concern |
| title_fullStr | Meningitis during COVID -19 pandemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A call for concern |
| title_full_unstemmed | Meningitis during COVID -19 pandemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A call for concern |
| title_short | Meningitis during COVID -19 pandemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A call for concern |
| title_sort | meningitis during covid 19 pandemic in the democratic republic of congo a call for concern |
| topic | Meningitis COVID-19 Outbreak Democratic republic of Congo West Africa Public health |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213398421002633 |
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