Fight against COVID-19 but avoid disruption of services for other communicable diseases (CDs) and noncommunicable diseases (NCDs)

• Published in: Global Health & Medicine Vol. 2; no. 6; pp. 343 - 345
• Main Author: Mitsuya, Hiroaki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan National Center for Global Health and Medicine 31.12.2020
• Subjects: communicable diseases (CDs); COVID-19; noncommunicable diseases (NCDs); SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; communicable diseases (CDs); noncommunicable diseases (NCDs)

COVID-19 has been a global and grave public health threat. The number of deaths from COVID-19 has already surpassed by far that of fatalities from the top three communicable diseases (CDs): human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV) infection, tuberculosis, and malaria. The toll from COVID-19 is also...