AUDA-NEPAD COVID-19/OSH regional response activities
AUDA-NEPAD COVID-19/OSH regional response activities Norman Khoza0 Chimwemwe Chamdimba1 Dingani Moyo2 Muzi Zungu5 Nthabiseng Moiloa1 Barbara Glove1 Affiliations 0SAIOH 1African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) 2Baines Occupational Medicine Centre, Zimbabwe 3Universi...
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| author | Khoza, Norman Chamdimba, Chimwemwe Moyo, Dingani Zungu, Muzi Moiloa, Nthabiseng Glove, Barbara |
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Norman Khoza0
Chimwemwe Chamdimba1
Dingani Moyo2
Muzi Zungu5
Nthabiseng Moiloa1
Barbara Glove1
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1African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD)
2Baines Occupational Medicine Centre, Zimbabwe
3University of the Witwatersrand
4Midlands State University, Zimbabwe
5National Institute for Occupational Health (NIOH)
Published Online:1 Jul 2020https://hdl.handle.net/10520/ejc-ohsa-v26-n4-a7
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The global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been unprecedented with significant, extensive and far-reaching consequences for the health and safety of working populations. Africa has not been spared despite the pandemic shifting much later into the African space than most other continents. The pandemic has disrupted the working space and affected all workplace-related safety and health programmes. This includes activities such as workplace tuberculosis (TB) and HIV programmes, due to the shift of attention to the pandemic. As the pandemic gathers momentum in Africa, an urgent need has arisen to guide the continent in articulating strategic and intelligent responses to curtail the potentially devastating effects of COVID-19. As of 7 August 2020, the 55 African Union (AU) member states reported 976 208 confirmed cases, 21 050 deaths and more than 651 455 recoveries from COVID-19. To date, South Africa is heavily affected, with more than half (53%) of the cases on the continent; six nations in Africa account for 78% of the confirmed cases.1 If the epidemiological and scientific predictions are correct, the continent is likely to see a drop in the number of cases as it moves out of the winter season. However, this might not be entirely true, primarily due to the implemented lockdown and use of masks that might have assisted to curb the spread of the normal flu virus as well as SARS-CoV-2. |
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| spelling | ir-11408-51062022-08-12T09:40:43Z AUDA-NEPAD COVID-19/OSH regional response activities Khoza, Norman Chamdimba, Chimwemwe Moyo, Dingani Zungu, Muzi Moiloa, Nthabiseng Glove, Barbara AUDA-NEPAD COVID-19 health and safety working populations workplace-related safety and health AUDA-NEPAD COVID-19/OSH regional response activities Norman Khoza0 Chimwemwe Chamdimba1 Dingani Moyo2 Muzi Zungu5 Nthabiseng Moiloa1 Barbara Glove1 Affiliations 0SAIOH 1African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) 2Baines Occupational Medicine Centre, Zimbabwe 3University of the Witwatersrand 4Midlands State University, Zimbabwe 5National Institute for Occupational Health (NIOH) Published Online:1 Jul 2020https://hdl.handle.net/10520/ejc-ohsa-v26-n4-a7 PDF Tools Share Abstract The global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been unprecedented with significant, extensive and far-reaching consequences for the health and safety of working populations. Africa has not been spared despite the pandemic shifting much later into the African space than most other continents. The pandemic has disrupted the working space and affected all workplace-related safety and health programmes. This includes activities such as workplace tuberculosis (TB) and HIV programmes, due to the shift of attention to the pandemic. As the pandemic gathers momentum in Africa, an urgent need has arisen to guide the continent in articulating strategic and intelligent responses to curtail the potentially devastating effects of COVID-19. As of 7 August 2020, the 55 African Union (AU) member states reported 976 208 confirmed cases, 21 050 deaths and more than 651 455 recoveries from COVID-19. To date, South Africa is heavily affected, with more than half (53%) of the cases on the continent; six nations in Africa account for 78% of the confirmed cases.1 If the epidemiological and scientific predictions are correct, the continent is likely to see a drop in the number of cases as it moves out of the winter season. However, this might not be entirely true, primarily due to the implemented lockdown and use of masks that might have assisted to curb the spread of the normal flu virus as well as SARS-CoV-2. 2022-08-12T09:40:43Z 2022-08-12T09:40:43Z 2020-07-01 Article 1024-6274 https://hdl.handle.net/10520/ejc-ohsa-v26-n4-a7 http://hdl.handle.net/11408/5106 en Occupational Health Southern Africa;Vol. 26, No. 4; Pages 170-172 open Mettamedia (Pty) Ltd |
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| title | AUDA-NEPAD COVID-19/OSH regional response activities |
| title_full | AUDA-NEPAD COVID-19/OSH regional response activities |
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| topic | AUDA-NEPAD COVID-19 health and safety working populations workplace-related safety and health |
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