Covid-19 and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Africa: a narrative review

IF 0.8 4区医学 Q3 MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL

African Health Sciences Pub Date : 2023-10-11 DOI:10.4314/ahs.v23i3.48

Yusuff Azeez Olanrewaju, Amos Abimbola Oladunni, Kenneth Bitrus David, Yusuf Olalekan Babatunde, Ibrahim Abdulmumin Damilola, Oluwakorede Adedeji, Colette Chidozie Ahamefula

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Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 popularly known as COVID-19 is the current pandemic ravaging the world. It has disrupted so many aspects of humans’ life including the healthcare systems of all countries. While governments have instituted preventive measures such as social distancing, self-isolation and lockdown in a bid to control the spread of the virus, the absence of vaccine can lead to poor management of key risk factors (including unhealthy diets and physical inactivity) associated with NCDs and limited access to preventive health services can further contribute to development and progression of NCDs. This study provides a review of available evidences from PubMed, google scholar, online databases, and papers from other sources on the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on NCDs in Africa and emphasizes lessons from past pandemics that can be adopted to reduce the burden of the disease. Keywords: COVID-19; Pandemics; Africa; Non-Communicable Diseases.

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2019冠状病毒病与非洲非传染性疾病:述评

2019冠状病毒病(俗称COVID-19)是目前肆虐全球的大流行病。它扰乱了人类生活的许多方面，包括所有国家的医疗保健系统。虽然各国政府已采取了社会距离、自我隔离和封锁等预防措施，以控制病毒的传播，但缺乏疫苗可能导致与非传染性疾病相关的关键风险因素(包括不健康饮食和缺乏身体活动)管理不善，而获得预防性卫生服务的机会有限，可能进一步助长非传染性疾病的发展和进展。本研究回顾了来自PubMed、google scholar、在线数据库和其他来源的关于COVID-19大流行对非洲非传染性疾病影响的现有证据，并强调了可用于减轻疾病负担的以往大流行的经验教训。关键词:COVID-19;大流行;非洲;非传染性疾病。

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African Health Sciences MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL-

CiteScore

2.30

自引率

0.00%

发文量

179

审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： The African Health Sciences is an internationally refereed journal publishing original articles on research, clinical practice, public health, policy, planning, implementation and evaluation, in the health and related sciences relevant to Africa and the tropics. Its objectives are to: Advocate for and promote the growth of reading culture in sub Saharan Africa; Provide a high quality journal in which health and policy and other researchers and practitioners in the region can and world wide, can publish their work; Promote relevant health system research and publication in the region including alternative means of health care financing, the burden of and solution of health problems in marginalized urban and rural communities amongst the displaced and others affected by conflict; Promote research and the systematic collection and collation and publication of data on diseases and conditions of equity and influence; Promote development of evidence-based policies and guidelines for clinical, public health and other practitioners. African Health Sciences acknowledges support provided by the African Health Journals Partnership Project that is funded by the US National Institutes of Health (through the National Library of Medicine and the Fogarty International Center) and facilitated by the Council of Science Editors.