Creating a High-Resolution Social Vulnerability Map in Support of National Decision Makers in South Africa

Roux, Alize Le; Khuluse, S; Naude, Andreas J. S.

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“…Source: Ministry of Health, Rwanda Biomedical Centre. 13 This figure appears in color at www.ajtmh.org . …”

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“…1 A 35-day nationwide lockdown was implemented in late March 2020, and more than 30,000 community health workers were immediately deployed for proactive door-to-door testing and contact tracing in 993 prioritized, highly susceptible areas mapped by the social vulnerability index. 13 In the hard-hit Western Cape Province, telephonic case and contact tracing also formed the basis of the response ( Table 1 ). A central electronic database of public sector patients was repurposed by the Provincial Health Data Centre to combine new COVID-19 cases from public and private laboratories into a single-line listing.…”

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Contact Tracing and the COVID-19 Response in Africa: Best Practices, Key Challenges, and Lessons Learned from Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, and Uganda

Nachega

Atteh

Ihekweazu

et al. 2021

The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Most African countries have recorded relatively lower COVID-19 burdens than Western countries. This has been attributed to early and strong political commitment and robust implementation of public health measures, such as nationwide lockdowns, travel restrictions, face mask wearing, testing, contact tracing, and isolation, along with community education and engagement. Other factors include the younger population age strata and hypothesized but yet-to-be confirmed partially protective cross-immunity from parasitic diseases and/or other circulating coronaviruses. However, the true burden may also be underestimated due to operational and resource issues for COVID-19 case identification and reporting. In this perspective article, we discuss selected best practices and challenges with COVID-19 contact tracing in Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, and Uganda. Best practices from these country case studies include sustained, multi-platform public communications; leveraging of technology innovations; applied public health expertise; deployment of community health workers; and robust community engagement. Challenges include an overwhelming workload of contact tracing and case detection for healthcare workers, misinformation and stigma, and poorly sustained adherence to isolation and quarantine. Important lessons learned include the need for decentralization of contact tracing to the lowest geographic levels of surveillance, rigorous use of data and technology to improve decision-making, and sustainment of both community sensitization and political commitment. Further research is needed to understand the role and importance of contact tracing in controlling community transmission dynamics in African countries, including among children. Also, implementation science will be critically needed to evaluate innovative, accessible, and cost-effective digital solutions to accommodate the contact tracing workload.

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“…Source: Ministry of Health, Rwanda Biomedical Centre. 13 This figure appears in color at www.ajtmh.org . …”

Section: Best Practices Key Challenges and Lessons Learnedmentioning

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Section: Best Practices Key Challenges and Lessons Learnedmentioning

confidence: 99%

Contact Tracing and the COVID-19 Response in Africa: Best Practices, Key Challenges, and Lessons Learned from Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, and Uganda

Nachega

Atteh

Ihekweazu

et al. 2021

The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Creating a High-Resolution Social Vulnerability Map in Support of National Decision Makers in South Africa

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Contact Tracing and the COVID-19 Response in Africa: Best Practices, Key Challenges, and Lessons Learned from Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, and Uganda

Contact Tracing and the COVID-19 Response in Africa: Best Practices, Key Challenges, and Lessons Learned from Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, and Uganda

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