Increased number of brought-in-dead cases with COVID-19: is it due to poor health-seeking behaviour among the Zambian population?
Pan Afr Med J
.
2020 Oct 8:37:136.
doi: 10.11604/pamj.2020.37.136.25967.
eCollection 2020.
Authors
Misheck Chileshe
1
,
David Mulenga
2
,
Ruth Lindizyani Mfune
2
3
,
Tato Herbert Nyirenda
2
,
James Mwanza
3
4
,
Bright Mukanga
2
,
Steward Mudenda
3
5
,
Victor Daka
2
3
Affiliations
1
Mary Begg Health Services, 56 Chintu Avenue, Northrise, P.O Box 72221, Ndola, Zambia.
2
Copperbelt University, Michael Chilufya Sata School of Medicine, P.O Box 71769, Ndola, Zambia.
3
University of Zambia, School of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Disease Control, P.O Box 32379, Lusaka, Zambia.
4
The University of Zambia, School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, P.O Box 32379, Lusaka, Zambia.
5
University of Zambia, School of Health Sciences, Department of Pharmacy, P.O. Box 50110, Lusaka, Zambia.
PMID:
33425169
PMCID:
PMC7757280
DOI:
10.11604/pamj.2020.37.136.25967
No abstract available
Keywords:
Coronavirus disease 2019; Zambia; brought-in-dead.
Publication types
Letter
MeSH terms
COVID-19 / mortality*
Humans
Patient Acceptance of Health Care*
Zambia / epidemiology