Impact of COVID‐19 pandemic on viral hepatitis in Africa: Challenges and way forward

Zainab Ismail; Abdullahi Tunde Aborode; Ajagbe Abayomi Oyeyemi; Hiba Khan; Mohammad Mehedi Hasan; Anwesha Saha; Blessing Akah

doi:10.1002/hpm.3317

journal article Aug 30, 2021

Impact of COVID‐19 pandemic on viral hepatitis in Africa: Challenges and way forward

Zainab Ismail Abdullahi Tunde Aborode

Ajagbe Abayomi Oyeyemi Hiba Khan Mohammad Mehedi Hasan

Anwesha Saha Blessing Akah

The International Journal of Health Planning and Management Vol. 37 No. 1 pp. 547-552 · Wiley

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Abstract

AbstractWith the overwhelming COVID‐19 pandemic in Africa, many other severe epidemics have been given low priority, such as viral hepatitis. Patient mortality due to viral hepatitis has raised concern to COVID‐19 patients due to compromise with undiagnosed hepatitis in Africa. The pandemic has worsened the control of the viral hepatitis epidemic as healthcare control facilities have moved their focus towards curbing COVID‐19 infections. However, different challenges have arisen to viral hepatitis patients because of low health attention that declines the progress of already diagnosed hepatitis patients. Follow‐up plans, routine testing and treatment plans for viral hepatitis are no longer as strict with the human resources transferred towards combating the pandemic. Thus, a global effort is required to abide by renewed recommendations to eradicate viral hepatitis in Africa that also fit the current picture of the COVID‐19 pandemic. The article discusses the current challenges viral hepatitis patients faced during the COVID‐19 pandemic and important recommendations that can see through these challenges in Africa.

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Published: Aug 30, 2021
Vol/Issue: 37(1)
Pages: 547-552
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Authors

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Zainab Ismail

Faculty of Medicine Menoufia University Menoufia Egypt

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Abdullahi Tunde Aborode

Healthy Africans Platform, Research and Development Ibadan Nigeria; West African Academy of Public Health, Research and Development Abuja Nigeria

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Ajagbe Abayomi Oyeyemi

Department of Anatomy Nile University of Nigeria Abuja Nigeria

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Hiba Khan

Dubai Medical College Dubai UAE

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Mohammad Mehedi Hasan

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Life Science Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University Tangail Bangladesh; Division of Infectious Diseases The Red‐Green Research Centre, BICCB Dhaka Bangladesh

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Anwesha Saha

Department of Biotechnology Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata West Bengal India

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Blessing Akah

Texas Tech University Lubbock Texas USA

Cite This Article

Zainab Ismail, Abdullahi Tunde Aborode, Ajagbe Abayomi Oyeyemi, et al. (2021). Impact of COVID‐19 pandemic on viral hepatitis in Africa: Challenges and way forward. The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 37(1), 547-552. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpm.3317

Impact of COVID‐19 pandemic on viral hepatitis in Africa: Challenges and way forward

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