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COVID-19: Travel health and the implications for sub -Saharan Africa

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Dear Editor The global health response to COVID-19, coordinated by the World Health Organization which led to its eventual classification as a public health emergency of international concern has inadvertently… Click to show full abstract

Dear Editor The global health response to COVID-19, coordinated by the World Health Organization which led to its eventual classification as a public health emergency of international concern has inadvertently affected global travel [1]. The losses to travel agencies, families who may have delayed reunions, conference organizers, airline investors and the huge burden on the health care system, including morbidities and mortalities among health care personnel has necessitated some focus on travel health. [...]there is a need to enhance travel health practice and infrastructure, and its integration into all structures and processes of disease preparedness and response including risk communication.CRediT authorship contribution statement Oluwatomi Iken: Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing - original draft.

Keywords: health; travel; health implications; covid travel; travel health; implications sub

Journal Title: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
Year Published: 2020

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