Covid-19 ve Afrika

Year 2020, Issue: Special Issue on COVID 19, 300 - 311, 20.03.2020

Mehmet Dedeler Yusuf İhsan Özdilek Feride İrem Şimşek Süleyman Deniz Abdullahoğlu Tunç Eren Nuray Çolapkulu Berna Dinçer Metin Leblebici Fahri Ovalı Orhan Alimoğlu

https://doi.org/10.21673/anadoluklin.744178

Cited By: 3

Abstract

Aralık 2019’da Çin’in Wuhan bölgesinde başlayan Covid-19 (koronavirus hastalığı 2019) pandemisi, Afrika kıtasında da etkisini göstermektedir. Sağlık personeli sayısı, yoğun bakım yatağı sayısı, laboratuvar kapasitesi, temiz su ve altyapı imkanları, Covid-19 test ve tedavi imkanlarının yetersiz olduğu kıta ülkelerinde salgının daha büyük halk kitlelerini etkisi altına alarak vaka ve ölüm sayılarını artırmasından endişe edilmektedir. Bunların yanı sıra, kıtadaki sıtma, HIV, tüberküloz gibi hastalıklardaki prevalansın hali hazırda yüksek olmasının da mortaliteye katkıda bulunabileceği düşünülmektedir. Afrika Birliği (African Union) çatısı altındaki Afrika Hastalık Kontrolü ve Önleme Merkezleri (Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention - Africa CDC), koordineli bir şekilde önlemler alsa da yüksek gelirli ülkelerin dahi tedarik zincirinde ve medikal ekipman stoklarında sorun yaşadığı bu pandemi sürecinde kıta ülkelerinin ekonomik yönden de yardıma ihtiyaç duyduğu açıktır. Dünya Sağlık Örgütü, Afrika Birliği ile Afrika CDC gibi kuruluşların verimli iş birlikleri ve örgütlenmeleri, hükümetlerin sağlık otoriteleriyle ortak ve hızlı bir şekilde karar almaları, medyanın halkı bilinçlendirme noktasında doğru kullanımı, halkın fiziksel mesafe ve sık el yıkama kurallarına uyması, koronavirüs test kitleri, kişisel koruyucu ekipman, maske, ventilatör ve diğer yaşam destek ekipmanlarının sağlanması ve/veya bağışlanması Afrika’da Covid-19’dan mümkün olduğunca az sayıda insanın etkilenmesinin sağlanmasında kritik öneme sahiptir.

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Covid-19, pandemi, Afrika

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Yazarlar, çalışmaya olan katkısından ötürü Sn. Muhammed Bardakçı* için teşekkürlerini sunarlar. *Koç Üniversitesi, Hukuk Fakültesi Öğrencisi

Covid-19 and Africa

Abstract

The coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, which started at Wuhan, China in December 2019, has also affected Africa. It is worried that the pandemic might affect mass populations as the rates of cases and mortality might raise in African countries due to the lack of healthcare personnel, intensive care unit beds, laboratory capacities, clean water facilities or infrastructural features. In addition, the high prevalence of malaria, HIV and tuberculosis within the continent may also contribute to the possibility of increased mortality rates. Despite the precautions taken by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), under the supervision of the African Union, it is obvious that African countries are in need of help in such a pandemic where even high-income countries encounter problems in terms of medical equipment and consumables. In order minimize the number of people to be affected by Covid-19, it is of critical importance to take preventive measures including the collaboration of the World Health Organization, the African Union and the Africa CDC, the commitment between governments and health authorities, the appropriate utilization of the media in order to raise awareness, the adaptation of the population to social distance and hand washing principles, and the procurement and/or donation of coronavirus test kits, personal protective equipment, masks, ventilators as well as other life support equipments.

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Covid-19, pandemics, Africa

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