Does epidemiological evidence support the success story of Uganda's response to COVID-19?

IF 1.5 3区社会学 Q2 DEMOGRAPHY

Journal of Biosocial Science Pub Date : 2024-03-11 DOI:10.1017/S0021932024000117

Nicolas Laing, Sophie Mylan, Melissa Parker

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Abstract

Uganda has received praise for its success in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. This opinion piece uses publically available data from Johns Hopkins University to suggest that it is far from clear whether the Public Health and Social Measures (PHSM) introduced in Uganda influenced the course of the first outbreak. In addition, the analysis of data from the second and third waves in Uganda suggest that government action had little or no effect on these outbreaks. The dominant narrative of successful PHSM, therefore, needs to be reconsidered, and alternative explanations for the low rates of COVID-19-related mortality in the country need to be further understood.

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流行病学证据是否支持乌干达应对 COVID-19 的成功故事？

乌干达因成功应对 COVID-19 大流行而受到好评。这篇评论文章利用约翰-霍普金斯大学公开提供的数据指出，乌干达采取的公共卫生和社会措施（PHSM）是否影响了第一次疫情的进程尚不清楚。此外，对乌干达第二波和第三波疫情数据的分析表明，政府行动对这些疫情几乎没有影响。因此，需要重新考虑关于 PHSM 取得成功的主要说法，并进一步了解该国 COVID-19 相关死亡率较低的其他解释。

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Journal of Biosocial Science Multiple-

CiteScore

3.00

自引率

6.70%

发文量

108

期刊介绍： Journal of Biosocial Science is a leading interdisciplinary and international journal in the field of biosocial science, the common ground between biology and sociology. It acts as an essential reference guide for all biological and social scientists working in these interdisciplinary areas, including social and biological aspects of reproduction and its control, gerontology, ecology, genetics, applied psychology, sociology, education, criminology, demography, health and epidemiology. Publishing original research papers, short reports, reviews, lectures and book reviews, the journal also includes a Debate section that encourages readers" comments on specific articles, with subsequent response from the original author.