COVID-19 in Africa: Catalyzing change for sustainable development

Salim S Abdool Karim; Segenet Kelemu; Cheryl Baxter

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1003869

COVID-19 in Africa: Catalyzing change for sustainable development

PLoS Med. 2021 Nov 29;18(11):e1003869. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003869. eCollection 2021 Nov.

Authors

Salim S Abdool Karim^{1

2}, Segenet Kelemu³, Cheryl Baxter¹

Affiliations

¹ Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), Durban, South Africa.
² Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America.
³ International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), Nairobi, Kenya.

Abstract

Salim Abdool Karim, Segenet Kelemu and Cheryl Baxter discuss COVID-19 impacts and adaptations in Africa.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Africa / epidemiology
COVID-19 / epidemiology*
Food Security
Food Supply
Health Resources
Humans
Sustainable Development*

Grants and funding

SSAK and CB are supported by the DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in HIV Prevention (UID 96354). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.