Managing COVID-19 in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

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JAMA
April 28, 2020, Vol 323, No. 16, Pages 1529-1626
http://jama.jamanetwork.com/issue.aspx

 

Managing COVID-19 in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Joost Hopman, MD, PhD, DTMH; Benedetta Allegranzi, MD, DTMH; Shaheen Mehtar, MBBS, MD (Lon)
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JAMA. 2020;323(16):1549-1550. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.4169
This Viewpoint discusses challenges to managing a COVID-19 outbreak in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), reviewing how absence of testing, critical care capacity, climate, war, distrust, and large refugee populations could complicate implementation of proven infection prevention and control measures.