Access to lifesaving medical resources for African countries: COVID-19 testing and response, ethics, and politics

doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31093-X

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. 2020 May 30;395(10238):1735-1738.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31093-X. Epub 2020 May 7.

Access to lifesaving medical resources for African countries: COVID-19 testing and response, ethics, and politics

Affiliations

¹ Department of International Health, Washington DC, USA; O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Washington DC, USA. Electronic address: matthew.kavanagh@georgetown.edu.
² Centre for Universal Health, Chatham House, London, UK.
³ Redeemer's University, Ede, Nigeria.
⁴ US National Academy of Medicine, Washington DC, USA.
⁵ KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Narobi, Kenya.
⁶ Kenya Legal and Ethical Issues Network on HIV and AIDS, Narobi, Kenya.
⁷ Health Strategy and Delivery Foundation, Abuja, Nigeria; TH Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
⁸ Section 27, Johannesburg, South Africa.
⁹ School of Medicine, Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA.
¹⁰ O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Washington DC, USA.

PMID: 32386564
PMCID: PMC7252104
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31093-X

Review

Access to lifesaving medical resources for African countries: COVID-19 testing and response, ethics, and politics

Matthew M Kavanagh et al. Lancet. 2020.

. 2020 May 30;395(10238):1735-1738.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31093-X. Epub 2020 May 7.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of International Health, Washington DC, USA; O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Washington DC, USA. Electronic address: matthew.kavanagh@georgetown.edu.
² Centre for Universal Health, Chatham House, London, UK.
³ Redeemer's University, Ede, Nigeria.
⁴ US National Academy of Medicine, Washington DC, USA.
⁵ KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Narobi, Kenya.
⁶ Kenya Legal and Ethical Issues Network on HIV and AIDS, Narobi, Kenya.
⁷ Health Strategy and Delivery Foundation, Abuja, Nigeria; TH Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
⁸ Section 27, Johannesburg, South Africa.
⁹ School of Medicine, Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA.
¹⁰ O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Washington DC, USA.

PMID: 32386564
PMCID: PMC7252104
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31093-X

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