dc.contributor.author | Aziz, AB | |
dc.contributor.author | Raqib, R | |
dc.contributor.author | Khan, WA | |
dc.contributor.author | Rahman, M | |
dc.contributor.author | Haque, R | |
dc.contributor.author | Alam, M | |
dc.contributor.author | Zaman, K | |
dc.contributor.author | Ross, AG | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-11-12T04:34:11Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-11-12T04:34:11Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1201-9712 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.09.009 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/399232 | |
dc.description.abstract | Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) face many challenges in controlling COVID-19. Healthcare resources are limited and so are ICU beds. RT-PCR testing is conducted on a limited scale and treatment options are few. There is no vaccine. Therefore, what low-cost solutions remain for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of SARS-CoV-2? How should these essential health services be delivered in order to reach the most vulnerable in our societies? In this editorial we discuss several important strategies for controlling COVID-19 including: vaccination, molecular and serological diagnostics, hygiene and WaSH interventions, and low-cost therapeutics. We also discuss the delivery of such services in order to reach the most in need. The proposed integrated control strategy requires immediate action and political will in order to reduce the widening health inequalities caused by the pandemic. | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | |
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom | 98 | |
dc.relation.ispartofpageto | 101 | |
dc.relation.ispartofjournal | International Journal of Infectious Diseases | |
dc.relation.ispartofvolume | 101 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Microbiology | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Medical microbiology | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 3107 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 3207 | |
dc.subject.keywords | SARS-CoV-2 | |
dc.subject.keywords | control | |
dc.subject.keywords | diagnostics | |
dc.subject.keywords | hygiene | |
dc.subject.keywords | therapeutics | |
dc.title | Integrated control of COVID-19 in resource-poor countries | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.type.description | C2 - Articles (Other) | |
dcterms.bibliographicCitation | Aziz, AB; Raqib, R; Khan, WA; Rahman, M; Haque, R; Alam, M; Zaman, K; Ross, AG, Integrated control of COVID-19 in resource-poor countries, International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020, 101, pp. 98-101 | |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2020-09-03 | |
dcterms.license | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | |
dc.date.updated | 2020-11-12T01:49:46Z | |
dc.description.version | Version of Record (VoR) | |
gro.rights.copyright | © The Author(s) 2020. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) License, which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, providing that the work is properly cited. | |
gro.hasfulltext | Full Text | |
gro.griffith.author | Ross, Allen G. | |