Navigating the COVID-19 outbreak in Zambia

Chikwe Mwansa; Yusuff Adebayo Adebisi; Knovicks Simfukwe; Hope Ezra Mukwinda; Don Eliseo Lucero-Prisno III

doi:10.3855/jidc.13897

Navigating the COVID-19 outbreak in Zambia

Authors

Chikwe Mwansa Michael Chilufya Sata School of Medicine, The Copperbelt University, Zambia
Yusuff Adebayo Adebisi Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
Knovicks Simfukwe School of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Zambia, Zambia
Hope Ezra Mukwinda Zambia Royal Medical University, Zambia
Don Eliseo Lucero-Prisno III Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3855/jidc.13897

Keywords:

COVID-19, measures, vaccine roll out, Zambia

Abstract

COVID-19 is a global public health crisis wreaking havoc in nearly every corner of the globe and Zambia is not an exception. Amid an already existing disease burden of HIV/AIDS, malaria, malnutrition, and cholera, the resilience of the health care system is yet to be tested especially since it lacks about 40% of its estimated workforce. Meanwhile, the government has already established measures to contain the spread of COVID-19. This includes; reorientation and training for health workers, indefinite closure of all learning institutions, and banning non-essential traveling. With the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out on the ground, the milestones achieved thus far in fighting the pandemic are expected to intensify.

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2022-09-30

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Mwansa C, Adebisi YA, Simfukwe K, Mukwinda HE, Lucero-Prisno III DE (2022) Navigating the COVID-19 outbreak in Zambia. J Infect Dev Ctries 16:1385–1389. doi: 10.3855/jidc.13897

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Vol. 16 No. 09: September 2022

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Coronavirus Pandemic

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