What questions we should be asking about COVID-19 in humanitarian settings: Perspectives from the Social Sciences Analysis Cell in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Simone E. Carter; Nina Gobat; Jérôme Pfaffmann Zambruni; Juliet Bedford; Esther Van Kleef; Thibaut Jombart; Mathias Mossoko; Dorothée Bulemfu Nkakirande; Carlos Navarro Colorado; Steve Ahuka-Mundeke

doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2020-003607

What questions we should be asking about COVID-19 in humanitarian settings: Perspectives from the Social Sciences Analysis Cell in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Simone E. Carter^*, Nina Gobat, Jérôme Pfaffmann Zambruni, Juliet Bedford, Esther Van Kleef, Thibaut Jombart, Mathias Mossoko, Dorothée Bulemfu Nkakirande, Carlos Navarro Colorado, Steve Ahuka-Mundeke

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COVID-19 is but one of many public health crises facing the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). On 25 June 2020, the DRC government announced the end of the country's largest Ebola outbreak on record and the second largest Ebola outbreak worldwide, a mere few weeks after a new outbreak (11th) started on 1 June 2020, in Mbandaka, Equateur Province.1 In 2019, measles claimed the lives of over 6000 people including 4500 children under the age of 5, malaria killed 17000 individuals, and cholera outbreaks affected 20 of 26 provinces, resulting in 31000 cases.

Original language	English
Article number	e003607
Journal	BMJ global health
Volume	5
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2020-003607
Publication status	Published - 18 Sept 2020
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

diseases
disorders
epidemiology
infections
injuries
intervention study
public health
study design

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Carter, S. E., Gobat, N., Zambruni, J. P., Bedford, J., Van Kleef, E., Jombart, T., Mossoko, M., Bulemfu Nkakirande, D., Colorado, C. N., & Ahuka-Mundeke, S. (2020). What questions we should be asking about COVID-19 in humanitarian settings: Perspectives from the Social Sciences Analysis Cell in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. BMJ global health, 5(9), Article e003607. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2020-003607

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What questions we should be asking about COVID-19 in humanitarian settings: Perspectives from the Social Sciences Analysis Cell in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. / Carter, Simone E.; Gobat, Nina; Zambruni, Jérôme Pfaffmann et al.
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