A Snapshot of Poverty, Diseases and War – The Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Published:2021-07-15
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Volume:
Page:1-11
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ISSN:1935-7893
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Container-title:Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Disaster med. public health prep.
Author:
Sasidharan ShibuORCID,
Dhillon Harpreet Singh
Abstract
Abstract
DRC’s fight with EVD was just settling when WHO declared CoVid-19 to be a PHEIC on Mar 12, 2020. DRC’s economic growth decelerated from its pre-COVID level of 4.4% in 2019, to an estimated 0.8% in 2020. This has caused concomitant setbacks in the treatment and control of major health issues like HIV, tuberculosis, measles, rift valley fever and malaria in the country. This coupled with civil unrest, other infectious diseases and risk to the safety of the health workers, this is a recipe for a 'perfect storm’ waiting to unfold.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health