Perspectives on Battling COVID-19 in Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean

The authors discuss the substantial surge in COVID cases in mid-March which is resulting in nearly every country in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) reporting COVID-19. Data arer reported to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) regional office from national ministries of health and as su...

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Published inThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene Vol. 103; no. 2; pp. 593 - 596
Main Authors Andrus, Jon Kim, Evans-Gilbert, Tracy, Santos, Jose Ignacio, Guzman, Maria G, Rosenthal, Philip J, Toscano, Cristiana, Valenzuela, Maria Teresa, Siqueira, Marilda, Etienne, Carissa, Breman, Joel G
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Institute of Tropical Medicine 01.08.2020
The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Subjects
Betacoronavirus
Caribbean Region - epidemiology
Communicable Disease Control
Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections - prevention & control
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Health Services Accessibility
Humans
Latin America - epidemiology
Leadership
Pan American Health Organization
Pandemics - prevention & control
Piece
Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral - prevention & control
SARS-CoV-2
Sentinel Surveillance
Caribbean Region
Latin America
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Summary:The authors discuss the substantial surge in COVID cases in mid-March which is resulting in nearly every country in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) reporting COVID-19. Data arer reported to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) regional office from national ministries of health and as such may have inherent weaknesses of timing, completeness and accuracy. However, they do provide insight on trends and hotspots in the region. Daily COVID-19 knowledge continues to grow with regard to disease dynamics and most appropriate, life-saving responses. Many LAC countries acknowledge the importance of case identification and isolation, contact tracing and quarantine, while continuing to implement physical distancing and hygienic measures.
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Authors’ addresses: Jon Kim Andrus, Department of Global Health, Milken Institute of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington, DC, and Division of Vaccines and Immunization, Center for Global Health, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO, E-mail: jon.andrus@ucdenver.edu. Tracy Evans-Gilbert, Global Health Program, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Cornwall Regional Hospital, Montego Bay, Jamaica, E-mail: tracybabydoc@gmail.com. Jose Ignacio Santos, Department of Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico, E-mail: jose.santos@salud.gob.mx. Maria G. Guzman, Center for Research, Diagnostic and Reference, Tropical Medicine Institute Pedro Kouri, Havana, Cuba, E-mail: lupe@ipk.sld.cu. Philip J. Rosenthal, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, E-mail: philip.rosenthal@ucsf.edu. Cristiana Toscano, Department of Collective Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, Brazil, E-mail: ctoscano@terra.com.br. Maria Teresa Valenzuela, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Andes, Special Advisor to the Ministry of Health for COVID-19, Santiago Chile, E-mail: mtvalenzuela@uandes.cl. Marilda Siqueira, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (IOC-FIOCRUZ), Laboratório de Vírus Respiratórios, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, E-mail: mmsiq@ioc.fiocruz.br. Carissa Etienne, Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC, E-mail: etiennec@paho.org. Joel Breman, National Institutes of Health, Fogarty International Center, Bethesda, MD, E-mail: bremanj@mail.nih.gov.
ISSN:0002-9637
1476-1645
DOI:10.4269/ajtmh.20-0571