The challenges of COVID-19 testing in Africa: The Ethiopian experience

Andargachew Mulu; Amsalu Bekele; Alemseged Abdissa; Taye Tolera Balcha; Meseret Habtamu; Adane Mihret; Dawit Hailu Alemayehu; Getachew Tesfaye Beyene; Abebe Genetu Bayih

doi:10.11604/pamj.2021.38.6.26902

The challenges of COVID-19 testing in Africa: The Ethiopian experience

Andargachew Mulu, Amsalu Bekele, Alemseged Abdissa, Taye Tolera Balcha, Meseret Habtamu, Adane Mihret, Dawit Hailu Alemayehu, Getachew Tesfaye Beyene, Abebe Genetu Bayih

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Novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is spreading rapidly and creating a huge economic, social and public health challenge worldwide. Although currently an effective vaccine is ready, its distribution is limited, and hence the only currently available lever to reduce transmission is to identify and isolate individuals who are contagious. Thus, testing for SARS CoV-2 has a paramount importance. However, testing in many African countries including Ethiopia has multidimensional growing challenges. Here, we tried to identify, categorize and summarize the challenges of COVID19 testing in Africa from Ethiopian experience.

Original language	English
Article number	6
Pages (from-to)	1-4
Number of pages	4
Journal	Pan African Medical Journal
Volume	38
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2021.38.6.26902
Publication status	Published - 2021

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Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology

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Challenges
COVID-19
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Ethiopia
SARS Cov-2

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The challenges of COVID-19 testing in Africa: The Ethiopian experience

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