Could COVID-19 be contained in poor populations by herd immunity rather than by strategies designed for affluent societies or potential vaccine(s)?

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Global Health, University of Heidelberg , Heidelberg, Germany.
² Emergency Response and Covid-19 Directorate, Ministry of Public Health , Kabul, Afghanistan.
³ Community Health Initiative , Dimapur, India.
⁴ Nile University , Khartum, Sudan.
⁵ Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Birjand University of Medical Sciences , Birjand, Iran.

Andreas Ruppel et al. Glob Health Action. 2021.

. 2021 Jan 1;14(1):1863129.

doi: 10.1080/16549716.2020.1863129.

¹ Institute of Global Health, University of Heidelberg , Heidelberg, Germany.
² Emergency Response and Covid-19 Directorate, Ministry of Public Health , Kabul, Afghanistan.
³ Community Health Initiative , Dimapur, India.
⁴ Nile University , Khartum, Sudan.
⁵ Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Birjand University of Medical Sciences , Birjand, Iran.

No abstract available

Keywords: Covid-19; WASH-program; control; emergencies; inappropriateness; palliative care.

Conflict of interest statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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