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dc.contributor.authorAziz, AB
dc.contributor.authorRaqib, R
dc.contributor.authorKhan, WA
dc.contributor.authorRahman, M
dc.contributor.authorHaque, R
dc.contributor.authorAlam, M
dc.contributor.authorZaman, K
dc.contributor.authorRoss, AG
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-12T04:34:11Z
dc.date.available2020-11-12T04:34:11Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.issn1201-9712
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ijid.2020.09.009
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/399232
dc.description.abstractLow- 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.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom98
dc.relation.ispartofpageto101
dc.relation.ispartofjournalInternational Journal of Infectious Diseases
dc.relation.ispartofvolume101
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMicrobiology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMedical microbiology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3107
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3207
dc.subject.keywordsSARS-CoV-2
dc.subject.keywordscontrol
dc.subject.keywordsdiagnostics
dc.subject.keywordshygiene
dc.subject.keywordstherapeutics
dc.titleIntegrated control of COVID-19 in resource-poor countries
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC2 - Articles (Other)
dcterms.bibliographicCitationAziz, 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.dateAccepted2020-09-03
dcterms.licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.date.updated2020-11-12T01:49:46Z
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gro.griffith.authorRoss, Allen G.


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