Managing COVID-19 in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

被引：318

作者：

Hopman, Joost ^{[1
,2
]}

Allegranzi, Benedetta ^{[3
,4
]}

Mehtar, Shaheen ^{[5
]}

机构：

[1] Radboud Univ Nijmegen, Med Ctr, Dept Med Microbiol, Radboudumc Ctr Infect Dis, Grootepl 10,Postbus 9101, NL-6500 HB Nijmegen, Netherlands

[2] Med Sans Frontieres, Amsterdam, Netherlands

[3] WHO, Dept Integrated Hlth Serv, Infect Prevent & Control Tech & Clin Hub, Geneva, Switzerland

[4] Univ Geneva, Inst Global Hlth, Geneva, Switzerland

[5] Infect Control Africa Network, Cape Town, South Africa

来源：

JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION | 2020年 / 323卷 / 16期

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D O I：

10.1001/jama.2020.4169

中图分类号：

R5 [内科学];

学科分类号：

100201 [内科学];

摘要：

This Viewpoint discusses challenges to managing a COVID-19 outbreak in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), reviewing how absence of testing, critical care capacity, climate, war, distrust, and large refugee populations could complicate implementation of proven infection prevention and control measures.

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