COVID-19: A novel burden on the fragile health system of Angola

Gyeltshen, Dawa; Musa, Shuaibu Saidu; Amesho, Josephine Ndapewoshali; Ewelike, Samuel Chukwuebuka; Bayoh, Alex Vandy Saffa; Al-Sammour, Christophe; Camua, Angel Anthony R; Xu, Lin; Lowe, Mat; Ahmadi, Attaullah; Ntacyabukura, Blaise; Adebisi, Yusuff Adebayo; Lucero‐Prisno, Don Eliseo

doi:10.7189/jogh.11.03059

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“…The vaccination campaign named the COVAX initiative utilizing the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine was initiated on March 10, 2021 6 . Vaccination sites included hospitals, health centers, and public spaces.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…This included the strain placed on the country's already struggling healthcare system. 6 Angola had limited resources and a shortage of healthcare workers during the peak of the pandemic.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A national state of emergency was declared on March 27, 2020, until May 26, 2020, which included a 2-week national lockdown. 6 This social and economic lockdown required the suspension of public transportation, and non-essential businesses were closed. The government implemented measures to mitigate the impact of the lockdown on economically vulnerable groups, such as providing food assistance and grant funding.…”

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“…The disease transmission dynamics and the pandemic progression within many African countries, including Angola, are still not investigated in detail. Angola lacks a strong genomic surveillance network, despite the emergence of two variants of concern (VOCs) within the southern African region, 6,7 and outbreaks of reemerging infectious diseases 8–11 . This may hamper the timely detection and early warning of newly emerging VOCs, variants of interest (VOIs), and other outbreaks of infectious diseases of global importance.…”

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Insights into SARS‐CoV‐2 in Angola during the COVID‐19 peak: Molecular epidemiology and genome surveillance

Francisco,

van Wyk,

Moir

et al. 2023

Influenza Resp Viruses

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BackgroundIn Angola, COVID‐19 cases have been reported in all provinces, resulting in >105,000 cases and >1900 deaths. However, no detailed genomic surveillance into the introduction and spread of the SARS‐CoV‐2 virus has been conducted in Angola. We aimed to investigate the emergence and epidemic progression during the peak of the COVID‐19 pandemic in Angola.MethodsWe generated 1210 whole‐genome SARS‐CoV‐2 sequences, contributing West African data to the global context, that were phylogenetically compared against global strains. Virus movement events were inferred using ancestral state reconstruction.ResultsThe epidemic in Angola was marked by four distinct waves of infection, dominated by 12 virus lineages, including VOCs, VOIs, and the VUM C.16, which was unique to South‐Western Africa and circulated for an extended period within the region. Virus exchanges occurred between Angola and its neighboring countries, and strong links with Brazil and Portugal reflected the historical and cultural ties shared between these countries. The first case likely originated from southern Africa.ConclusionA lack of a robust genome surveillance network and strong dependence on out‐of‐country sequencing limit real‐time data generation to achieve timely disease outbreak responses, which remains of the utmost importance to mitigate future disease outbreaks in Angola.

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confidence: 99%

“…This included the strain placed on the country's already struggling healthcare system. 6 Angola had limited resources and a shortage of healthcare workers during the peak of the pandemic.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Pandemic Progression and Milestones In Angolamentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Insights into SARS‐CoV‐2 in Angola during the COVID‐19 peak: Molecular epidemiology and genome surveillance

Francisco,

van Wyk,

Moir

et al. 2023

Influenza Resp Viruses

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“…While the country is currently peaceful, its health system remains fragile and underdeveloped. 16 , 17 Additionally, 50% of the population live in poverty (ie, at US$1.90 a day, 2011 purchasing power parity) and the adult literacy rate is estimated at 66%. 18 , 19 By 23 July 2021, there were 41 405 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Angola and 977 deaths.…”

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Knowing Well, Being Well: well-being born of understanding: The Urgent Need for Coordinated and Comprehensive Efforts to Combat Misinformation

Johnson

2022

Am J Health Promot

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COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in South Sudan; What Lessons Can be Learned From Angola’s Success Story?

Udoh¹

2022

Am J Health Promot

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COVID-19: A novel burden on the fragile health system of Angola

Cited by 9 publications

References 3 publications

Insights into SARS‐CoV‐2 in Angola during the COVID‐19 peak: Molecular epidemiology and genome surveillance

Insights into SARS‐CoV‐2 in Angola during the COVID‐19 peak: Molecular epidemiology and genome surveillance

Knowing Well, Being Well: well-being born of understanding: The Urgent Need for Coordinated and Comprehensive Efforts to Combat Misinformation

COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in South Sudan; What Lessons Can be Learned From Angola’s Success Story?

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