Evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic over six weeks in four French-speaking countries in West Africa

Millimouno, Tamba Mina; Ahmed, Mohamed Ali Ag; Ly, Birama Apho; Délamou, Alexandre; Sana, Boukary; Faye, Christophe Laba; Damme, Wim Van

doi:10.7189/jogh.11.03008

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“…Strict enforcement of social distancing, mask-wearing, travel bans, and skeletal work schedules are just a few of the national governments' responses to mitigating the virus's spread (Ferrel, 2020, as cited by Agarwal & Kaushik, 2020). Based on the ongoing global COVID-19 contagion, the WHO declared it a pandemic on March 11, 2020 as there is no safe place from its effects (McKay et al, 2020;WHO, 2020). The Coronavirus is spreading from continent to continent, which needs to be stopped to mitigate its impact to human population.…”

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Evolution of Coronavirus in Human Population: An Integrative Review

Lu¹,

Caballes²

2021

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Evolution of Coronavirus in Human Population: An Integrative Review

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2021

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“…In Africa, the first case of COVID-19 was registered in Egypt in February 2020. As of January 1st, 2021, all 54 countries of the African continent were impacted, with over 2 728 602 confirmed cases and 64 790 deaths ( Millimouno et al, 2021 , WHO 2020 , AFP 2021 ). In Mali, the first cases were reported on March 25th, 2020, and on January 20th, 2021 the country was counting 7897 confirmed cases and 318 deaths with disease transmission being mostly community-based ( MSDS 2021 ).…”

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Challenges and difficulties in implementing and adopting isolation and quarantine measures among internally displaced people during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mali (161/250)

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Traoré

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Journal of Migration and Health

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“…From mid-April 2020 onwards, for example, a steep increase in cases was observed in Guinea, compared with Sierra Leone and Liberia, which had also been confronted with the 2014/2016 Ebola epidemic (8,12). Nevertheless, in the same period, the number of reported deaths was much lower in Guinea compared with Sierra Leone, Liberia and many other west African countries (12). Some authors have documented Guinea's response to the COVID-19 pandemic (8,9,(12)(13)(14)(15).…”

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“…Nevertheless, in the same period, the number of reported deaths was much lower in Guinea compared with Sierra Leone, Liberia and many other west African countries (12). Some authors have documented Guinea's response to the COVID-19 pandemic (8,9,(12)(13)(14)(15). However, these studies focused on the country's early response while the pandemic was unfolding.…”

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“…These contextual factors certainly contributed to hindering the gains of the post-Ebola health system strengthening reforms for the initial COVID-19 preparedness and response ( 10 , 11 ). From mid-April 2020 onwards, for example, a steep increase in cases was observed in Guinea, compared with Sierra Leone and Liberia, which had also been confronted with the 2014/2016 Ebola epidemic ( 8 , 12 ). Nevertheless, in the same period, the number of reported deaths was much lower in Guinea compared with Sierra Leone, Liberia and many other west African countries ( 12 ).…”

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Learning from the COVID-19 pandemic for future epidemics and pandemics preparedness and response in Guinea: Findings from a scoping review

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Keita²,

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The outbreak of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) in December 2019 prompted a response from health systems of countries across the globe. The first case of COVID-19 in Guinea was notified on 12 March 2020; however, from January 2020 preparations at policy and implementation preparedness levels had already begun. This study aimed to assess the response triggered in Guinea between 27th January 2020 and 1st November 2021 and lessons for future pandemic preparedness and response. We conducted a scoping review using three main data sources: policy documents, research papers and media content. For each of these data sources, a specific search strategy was applied, respectively national websites, PubMed and the Factiva media database. A content analysis was conducted to assess the information found. We found that between January 2020 and November 2021, the response to the COVID-19 pandemic can be divided into five phases: (1) anticipation of the response, (2) a sudden boost of political actions with the implementation of strict restrictive measures, (3) alleviation of restrictive measures, (4) multiple epidemics period and (5) the COVID-19 variants phase, including the strengthening of vaccination activities. This study provides several learning points for countries with similar contexts including: (1) the necessity of setting up, in the pre-epidemic period, an epidemic governance framework that is articulated with the country's health system and epidemiological contexts; (2) the importance of mobilizing, during pre-epidemic period, emergency funds for a rapid health system response whenever epidemics hit; (3) each epidemic is a new experience as previous exposure to similar ones does not necessarily guarantee population and health system resilience; (4) epidemics generate social distress because of the restrictive measures they require for their control, but their excessive securitization is counterproductive. Finally, from a political point of view, decision-making for epidemic control is not always disinterested; it is sometimes rooted in political computations, and health system actors should learn to cope with it while, at the same time, safeguarding trusted and efficient health system responses. We conclude that health system actors anticipated the response to the COVID-19 pandemic and (re-) adapted response strategies as the pandemic evolved in the country. There is a need to rethink epidemics governance and funding mechanisms in Guinea to improve the health system response to epidemics.

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Evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic over six weeks in four French-speaking countries in West Africa

Cited by 8 publications

References 14 publications

Evolution of Coronavirus in Human Population: An Integrative Review

Evolution of Coronavirus in Human Population: An Integrative Review

Challenges and difficulties in implementing and adopting isolation and quarantine measures among internally displaced people during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mali (161/250)

Learning from the COVID-19 pandemic for future epidemics and pandemics preparedness and response in Guinea: Findings from a scoping review

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