What led to upsurge of COVID-19 cases in Malawi? public health perspective
The health system in Malawi has been overwhelmed with the growing number of COVID-19 cases during second wave of attack. The number of confirmed cases and case fatality rate has significantly increased as compared to the first episode between the months of January to June 2020. Majority of cases rep...
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| author | Chancy Skenard Chimatiro Precious Luwidzyi Hajison |
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| description | The health system in Malawi has been overwhelmed with the growing number of COVID-19 cases during second wave of attack. The number of confirmed cases and case fatality rate has significantly increased as compared to the first episode between the months of January to June 2020. Majority of cases reported are through internal transmission, with no history of international travelling. Those in urban areas are most affected as compared to rural areas. Strict preventive measures with multi-sectoral collaboration are urgently required to curb the further spread of the disease. This paper discusses some of the factors that have led to upsurge of COVID-19 cases in Malawi from public health perspective. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9200228b03e947ed8a59c1deab6d7f962022-12-21T20:00:01ZengThe Pan African Medical JournalThe Pan African Medical Journal1937-86881937-86882021-03-013826910.11604/pamj.2021.38.269.2833828338What led to upsurge of COVID-19 cases in Malawi? public health perspectiveChancy Skenard Chimatiro0Precious Luwidzyi Hajison1 Ministry of Health, Department of Administration, Phalombe District Health Office, Phalombe, Malawi PreLuHa Consult, Namiwawa Street, Newroard Location, P.O Box 703 Zomba, Malawi The health system in Malawi has been overwhelmed with the growing number of COVID-19 cases during second wave of attack. The number of confirmed cases and case fatality rate has significantly increased as compared to the first episode between the months of January to June 2020. Majority of cases reported are through internal transmission, with no history of international travelling. Those in urban areas are most affected as compared to rural areas. Strict preventive measures with multi-sectoral collaboration are urgently required to curb the further spread of the disease. This paper discusses some of the factors that have led to upsurge of COVID-19 cases in Malawi from public health perspective. https://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/article/38/269/pdf/269.pdf covid-19upsurgelow risk perceptionuncharterred rootstesting sites |
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| title | What led to upsurge of COVID-19 cases in Malawi? public health perspective |
| title_full | What led to upsurge of COVID-19 cases in Malawi? public health perspective |
| title_fullStr | What led to upsurge of COVID-19 cases in Malawi? public health perspective |
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| title_short | What led to upsurge of COVID-19 cases in Malawi? public health perspective |
| title_sort | what led to upsurge of covid 19 cases in malawi public health perspective |
| topic | covid-19 upsurge low risk perception uncharterred roots testing sites |
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