Coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19) response in Zimbabwe: A call for urgent scale-up of testing to meet national capacity
| dc.contributor.author | Dzinamarira, Tafadzwa | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mukwenha, Solomon | |
| dc.contributor.author | Eghtessad, Rouzeh | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-08-31T07:21:38Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-08-31T07:21:38Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Control of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) heavily relies on universal access to testing in order to identify who is infected; track them to make sure they do not spread the disease further; and trace those with whom they have been in contact. The recent surge in COVID-19 cases in Zimbabwe is an urgent national public health concern and requires coordinated efforts to scale up testing using the capacity already in existence in the country. There is a need for substantial decentralization of testing, investment in better working conditions for frontline health workers, and the implementation of measures to curb corruption within government structures. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | zinamarira, T. et al. (2021). Coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19) response in Zimbabwe: A call for urgent scale-up of testing to meet national capacity. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 72(10), e667–e674. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa1301 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1537-6591 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | 10.1093/cid/ciaa1301. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10566/6543 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Oxford University Press | en_US |
| dc.subject | COVID-19 | en_US |
| dc.subject | Testing | en_US |
| dc.subject | Diagnostics | en_US |
| dc.subject | Zimbabwe | en_US |
| dc.subject | Capacity | en_US |
| dc.title | Coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19) response in Zimbabwe: A call for urgent scale-up of testing to meet national capacity | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |