Monkeypox outbreak: a perspective on Africa's diagnostic and containment capacity

Article Infectious Diseases

Enhanced surveillance of monkeypox in Bas-Uele, Democratic Republic of Congo: the limitations of symptom-based case definitions

Gaspard Mande et al.

Summary: An outbreak of vesicular-pustular rash with fever, resembling human monkeypox, occurred in Bas-Uele province, Democratic Republic of Congo. The study found that clinical case definitions for monkeypox had suboptimal performance and few discriminating features were identified. Rapid field diagnostics are needed to improve early detection and surveillance of monkeypox.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES (2022)

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Article Ethics

Lessons from the Ebola epidemics and their applications for COVID-19 pandemic response in sub-Saharan Africa

Muhammed O. Afolabi et al.

Summary: COVID-19, caused by SARS-CoV-2, was first identified in Wuhan, China in December 2019, and has since spread rapidly to all sub-Saharan African countries, leading to a high number of confirmed cases and deaths. Lessons learned from previous Ebola virus outbreaks in the region were expected to guide the response to COVID-19 pandemic, but challenges from managing Ebola outbreaks still hinder the effective response to COVID-19.

DEVELOPING WORLD BIOETHICS (2021)

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Article Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

COVID-19 in West Africa: regional resource mobilisation and allocation in the first year of the pandemic

Cesaire Ahanhanzo et al.

Summary: Despite being the last continent to be affected by COVID-19, Africa has not experienced as much devastation as other continents. One hypothesis is that African countries have leveraged on experiences from past epidemics to build resilience and response strategies.

BMJ GLOBAL HEALTH (2021)

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Editorial Material Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

International COVID-19 vaccine inequality amid the pandemic: Perpetuating a global crisis?

Moosa Tatar et al.

JOURNAL OF GLOBAL HEALTH (2021)

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Review Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

Twenty years of integrated disease surveillance and response in Sub-Saharan Africa: challenges and opportunities for effective management of infectious disease epidemics

Irene R. Mremi et al.

Summary: This systematic review analyzed the performance of the Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) strategy in Sub-Saharan Africa and found that most countries mainly rely on traditional indicator-based disease surveillance utilizing data from healthcare facilities, with limited use of data from other sources.

ONE HEALTH OUTLOOK (2021)

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Editorial Material Medicine, Research & Experimental