TY - JOUR
T1 - COVID-19 response in South African communities
T2 - Screening, testing, tracing and movement modelling
AU - Modisenyane, M.
AU - Madikezela, L.
AU - Mngemane, S.
AU - Ramadan, O. P.
AU - Matlala, M.
AU - McCarthy, K.
AU - Govender, N.
AU - Nemungadi, T.
AU - Silal, S. P.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 South African Medical Association. All rights reserved.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - In South Africa (SA), the first case of COVID-19 was reported on 5 March 2020 from a traveller who had returned from Italy. Increases in COVID-19 cases and deaths necessitated the design and implementation of community screening, testing, and tracing as a control strategy. The SA government’s plans to implement community-based screening, testing, contact tracing and movement modelling during the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic presented both opportunities and challenges. In this article, we present our experiences, opportunities and lessons for community-based COVID-19 response, anchoring these efforts in the primary healthcare system.
AB - In South Africa (SA), the first case of COVID-19 was reported on 5 March 2020 from a traveller who had returned from Italy. Increases in COVID-19 cases and deaths necessitated the design and implementation of community screening, testing, and tracing as a control strategy. The SA government’s plans to implement community-based screening, testing, contact tracing and movement modelling during the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic presented both opportunities and challenges. In this article, we present our experiences, opportunities and lessons for community-based COVID-19 response, anchoring these efforts in the primary healthcare system.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85132893483&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.7196/SAMJ.2022.v112i5b.16072
DO - 10.7196/SAMJ.2022.v112i5b.16072
M3 - Article
C2 - 35747392
AN - SCOPUS:85132893483
SN - 0256-9574
VL - 112
SP - 366
EP - 370
JO - South African Medical Journal
JF - South African Medical Journal
IS - 5b
ER -