Practical recommendations for the prevention and management of COVID-19 in low-income and middle-income settings: adapting clinical experience from the field

Sasha Abdallah Fahme^{1

2}, Kathleen F Walsh^{3

4}, Vanessa Rouzier^{3

4}, Puja Chebrolu³, Hyasinta Jaka⁵, Justin Roy Kingery^{3

5}, Fouad M Fouad⁶, Jyoti S Mathad³, Jennifer A Downs^{3

5}, Margaret McNairy^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Center for Global Health Research, Cornell University Joan and Sanford I Weill Medical College, New York, New York, USA saf7007@med.cornell.edu.
² Department of Health Promotion and Community Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
³ Center for Global Health Research, Cornell University Joan and Sanford I Weill Medical College, New York, New York, USA.
⁴ GHESKIO, Port-au-Prince, Ouest, Haiti.
⁵ Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Mwanza, Mwanza, Tanzania.
⁶ Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.

Sasha Abdallah Fahme et al. Fam Med Community Health. 2021 Apr.

. 2021 Apr;9(2):e000930.

doi: 10.1136/fmch-2021-000930.

¹ Center for Global Health Research, Cornell University Joan and Sanford I Weill Medical College, New York, New York, USA saf7007@med.cornell.edu.
² Department of Health Promotion and Community Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
³ Center for Global Health Research, Cornell University Joan and Sanford I Weill Medical College, New York, New York, USA.
⁴ GHESKIO, Port-au-Prince, Ouest, Haiti.
⁵ Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Mwanza, Mwanza, Tanzania.
⁶ Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; clinical medicine; global health; health equity; public health.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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