Possible Reasons Why Sub-Saharan Africa Experienced a Less Severe COVID-19 Pandemic in 2020

Both scientific authorities and governments of nations worldwide were found lacking in their COVID-19 response and management, resulting in significant distrust by the general public in 2020. Scientific and medical bodies often failed to give the right counsel on the appropriate course of action on...

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Published inJournal of multidisciplinary healthcare Vol. 14; pp. 3267 - 3271
Main Authors Oleribe, Obinna O, Suliman, Ahmed A.A, Taylor-Robinson, Simon D, Corrah, Tumani
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Macclesfield Dove Medical Press Limited 01.01.2021
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Dove
Subjects
COVID-19
COVID-19 diagnostic tests
COVID-19 vaccines
Disease prevention
Disease transmission
Epidemics
Herd immunity
Hypothesis
Illnesses
Immune system
Infections
Influenza
Malaria
Older people
Pandemics
Poverty
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Viral infections
United Kingdom
Sub-Saharan Africa
Africa
Tanzania
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Summary:Both scientific authorities and governments of nations worldwide were found lacking in their COVID-19 response and management, resulting in significant distrust by the general public in 2020. Scientific and medical bodies often failed to give the right counsel on the appropriate course of action on COVID-19, because proven steps were not known, while many governments around the world took ineffective, late or inappropriate COVID-19 control and containment strategies. If the 2020 COVID-19 incidence rates are to be believed, much of sub-Saharan Africa had a lower disease prevalence than expected. We put forward six factors peculiar to much of sub-Saharan Africa that may have accounted for the pandemic landscape there in 2020. We also discuss why the situation has become more serious in 2021. Keywords: COVID-19, Africa, public health, multidisciplinary care, pandemic
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ISSN:1178-2390
1178-2390
DOI:10.2147/JMDH.S331847