Decisive or impulsive? Re-examining Africa’s lockdown response to COVID-19

Alaran, A.J., Badmos, A.O., Bouaddi, O., Adebisi, Y. A. , Ben-Umeh, K., Idris, U. and Lucero-Prisno, D.E. (2022) Decisive or impulsive? Re-examining Africa’s lockdown response to COVID-19. Tropical Medicine and Health, 50(1), 22. (doi: 10.1186/s41182-022-00414-7) (PMID:35260200) (PMCID:PMC8902732)

Abstract

Due to the high transmission rate and mortality index of the current coronavirus pandemic, many settings in Africa instituted lockdowns to reduce its rate of spread and avert exponential growth rate. At the early stage, this measure seemed to heighten awareness of the virus and subsequently minimized exponential growth of cases. However, these lockdowns have had great consequences on the weak health systems and frail economy in place in many African countries. In this paper, we examine the impact of lockdown measures in these countries and provides key recommendations in dealing with present and future pandemics.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Adebisi, Yusuff Adebayo
• Authors: Alaran, A.J., Badmos, A.O., Bouaddi, O., Adebisi, Y. A., Ben-Umeh, K., Idris, U., and Lucero-Prisno, D.E.
• College/School: College of Social Sciences
• Journal Name: Tropical Medicine and Health
• Publisher: BioMed Central
• ISSN: 1348-8945
• ISSN (Online): 1349-4147
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2022 The Authors
• First Published: First published in Tropical Medicine and Health 50(1):22
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced under a Creative Commons License