What questions we should be asking about COVID-19 in humanitarian settings: perspectives from the Social Sciences Analysis Cell in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Carter, Simone E; Gobat, Nina; Pfaffmann Zambruni, Jérôme; Bedford, Juliet; van Kleef, Esther; Jombart, Thibaut; Mossoko, Mathias; Bulemfu Nkakirande, Dorothée; Navarro Colorado, Carlos; Ahuka-Mundeke, Steve; (2020) What questions we should be asking about COVID-19 in humanitarian settings: perspectives from the Social Sciences Analysis Cell in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. BMJ GLOBAL HEALTH, 5 (9). e003607-e003607. ISSN 2059-7908 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2020-003607

Abstract

COVID-19 is but one of many public health crises facing the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). On 25 June 2020, the DRC government announced the end of the country's largest Ebola outbreak on record and the second largest Ebola outbreak worldwide, a mere few weeks after a new outbreak (11th) started on 1 June 2020, in Mbandaka, Equateur Province.1 In 2019, measles claimed the lives of over 6000 people including 4500 children under the age of 5, malaria killed 17000 individuals, and cholera outbreaks affected 20 of 26 provinces, resulting in 31000 cases.

Additional Information

Item Type	Article
Faculty and Department	Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health > Dept of Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Research Centre	Covid-19 Research
PubMed ID	32948618
Elements ID	151278