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 - Funding Information:
Author contributions. MM conceptualised the study, all authors oversaw data collection, analysed the data and drafted the manuscript. All authors critically reviewed and revised the manuscript and approved it for submission. Funding. The manuscript was funded in part by Wellcome Trust (GN: 2114236/Z/18Z), the Clinton Health Access Initiative and the National Institute for Communicable Diseases. Conflicts of interest. None.
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 -