Rift Valley fever during the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa: A double burden for Africa's healthcare system

Olivier Uwishema; Elie Chalhoub; Tania Torbati; Success Chekwube David; Carlo Khoury; Lucas Loiola Ponte Albuquerque Ribeiro; Yves Nasrallah; Bezawit Kassahun Bekele; Helen Onyeaka

doi:10.1002/hsr2.468

Rift Valley fever during the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa: A double burden for Africa's healthcare system

Olivier Uwishema^*, Elie Chalhoub, Tania Torbati, Success Chekwube David, Carlo Khoury, Lucas Loiola Ponte Albuquerque Ribeiro, Yves Nasrallah, Bezawit Kassahun Bekele, Helen Onyeaka

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Abstract

A new rising incidence of Rift Valley fever (RVF) among livestock and humans in the African continent during the COVID-19 pandemic has become of increasing concern. We analyzed the different ways COVID-19 has contributed to the increase in RVF cases and how it has impacted the interventions allocated to the disease by comparing it with the status of the disease before the pandemic. There is enough evidence to conclude that the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the efforts being taken to prevent outbreaks of RVF. Therefore, with no definitive treatment in place and inadequate preventive measures and disease control, RVF may potentially lead to a future epidemic unless addressed urgently.

Original language	English
Article number	e468
Number of pages	5
Journal	Health Science Reports
Volume	5
Issue number	1
Early online date	6 Jan 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.468
Publication status	Published - Jan 2022

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© 2022 The Authors. Health Science Reports published by Wiley Periodicals LLC.

Keywords

Africa
burden
COVID-19
Rift Valley fever

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