What community-based public health approaches in West Africa for COVID-19 epidemic? A reflection based on the African socio-cultural context

Ndèye Marème Sougou; Jean-Baptiste Diouf; Mamadou Makhtar Mbacké Leye; Oumar Bassoum; Adama Faye; Ibrahima Seck

doi:10.11604/pamj.supp.2020.35.2.24415

What community-based public health approaches in West Africa for COVID-19 epidemic? A reflection based on the African socio-cultural context

Pan Afr Med J. 2020 Jun 25;35(Suppl 2):91. doi: 10.11604/pamj.supp.2020.35.2.24415. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Ndèye Marème Sougou^{1

2}, Jean-Baptiste Diouf³, Mamadou Makhtar Mbacké Leye^{1

2}, Oumar Bassoum^{1

2}, Adama Faye^{1

2}, Ibrahima Seck^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar, Senegal.
² Institute of Health and Development, Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar, Senegal.
³ Hospital Roi Baudouin, Dakar, Senegal.

Abstract

The social and cultural dimensions of health influence the course of disease and condition the success of health interventions. In Africa, previous epidemics such as Ebola have shown the importance of contextualizing health interventions. This literature review contributes to the reflection on the analysis of community-based interventions in the context of the particularities of West Africa in the fight against the pandemic in COVID-19.

Keywords: COVID-19; West-Africa; community-based interventions.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Africa, Western / epidemiology
COVID-19 / epidemiology
COVID-19 / prevention & control*
Epidemics
Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / epidemiology
Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / prevention & control
Humans
Public Health / methods*