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Emilie J Calvello Hynes1, Corey B Bills1
1Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO.
Abstract:
Cases of COVID-19 are rising quickly on the African continent. A critical element of any health system response to such a surge of active cases is the existence of functional emergency care systems. Yet, these systems are markedly underdeveloped in African countries. This short letter reviews the key role emergency medicine plays in epidemic disease response and actions that ministries of health can take now to shore up gaps in emergency care capacity to avoid needless death and suffering of COVID-19 patients.
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