COVID-19 in Africa: care and protection for frontline healthcare workers

COVID-19 in Africa: care and protection for frontline healthcare workers

Abstract Medical staff caring for COVID-19 patients face mental stress, physical exhaustion, separation from families, stigma, and the pain of losing patients and colleagues. Many of them have acquired SARS-CoV-2 and some have died. In Africa, where the pandemic is escalating, there are major gaps i...

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Main Authors: Matthew F. Chersich, Glenda Gray, Lee Fairlie, Quentin Eichbaum, Susannah Mayhew, Brian Allwood, Rene English, Fiona Scorgie, Stanley Luchters, Greg Simpson, Marjan Mosalman Haghighi, Minh Duc Pham, Helen Rees
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-05-01
Series:Globalization and Health
Subjects:
COVID-19
SARS-Cov-2
Africa
Human resources for health
Healthcare workers
Infection control, mental health
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12992-020-00574-3

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