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PAN AFRICAN MEDICAL JOURNAL
卷 38, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
AFRICAN FIELD EPIDEMIOLOGY NETWORK-AFENET
DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2021.38.233.24634
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COVID-19; private sector; Nigeria
Private sector activities across Africa to tackle COVID-19 include developing rapid diagnostic kits and deploying e-health platforms. Initiatives like those by the Joseph Ukpo Hospitals and Research Institute in Nigeria have helped reduce inequities in living and access to care for disadvantaged populations in rural areas.
Across Africa, there is some evidence of COVID-19 private sector activities to tackle COVID-19 which include the development of rapid diagnostic kits, deployment of e-health platforms for bespoke health workforce training, disease surveillance, reporting, auto-screening and advisories. Inequities in living and access to care by disadvantaged populations in the rural areas have been ameliorated by multi-pronged responses such as that mounted by the Joseph Ukpo Hospitals and Research Institute (JUHRI) in Nigeria. The provision, production and donation of personal protective equipment (PPE), the production of hand sanitizers and the engagement of the local community in the process represents an effective strategy to contain COVID-19, protect health workers and provide pathways for economic support for people whose sources of income have been upended during the pandemic. The JUHRI experience underpinned by Catholic medical ethics provides concrete evidence of the value of private sector participation in dealing with public health emergencies.
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