Approaches to Combat COVID-19 in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Workshop 2022

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About this Program

The Approaches to Combat COVID-19 in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Workshop 2022 successfully took place on 3 - 4 November 2022 as a virtual program.

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating toll worldwide. In particular, large surges in COVID-19 caseloads have been associated with rapidly escalating demands on hospital staff, beds, supplies, and medical equipment availability. It has been suggested that a portion of COVID-19 deaths may be attributed to hospitals strained by surging caseloads. This can have far-reaching implications for hospital preparedness and for public health authorities on how to allocate resources and improve the clinical management of COVID-19 patients, and it may be even more relevant for low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Indeed, LMICs face additional challenges, considering their health infrastructures and resources, the difficulty to implement proper social distancing, their challenges with access to vaccines and to diagnostic tests.

As a matter of fact, COVID-19 has created significant challenges for health care systems and community in LMICs. The appropriate diagnosis and clinical management of patients are of utmost importance to avoid complications and poor outcomes. However, the lack of diagnostic tests and some of the basics, such as mechanical ventilation and oxygen supplies in ICUs, but also personal protective equipment for the health care provider in LMICs are staggering. Furthermore, most LMICs still face challenges in the access and rolling-out of COVID-19 vaccines to their populations. In fact, only 0.8 % of vaccines have been administered in low-income countries. Moreover, many of the COVID-19 therapeutics that has been studied in resource-rich setting, are not accessible for patients in LMICs.

Therefore, there is a huge need for knowledge exchange discussing how to handle COVID-19 surges, how to prepare these countries to receive COVID-19 vaccines, diagnostic tests, and other basics in Low- and Middle-income Countries. The Approaches to combat COVID-19 in Low- and Middle-income Countries (LMICs) workshop focuses on the regional specific challenges in the clinical management of COVID-19, public health, prevention strategies, and vaccines rollout. The first edition of the workshop was attended by 402 participants from 90 countries. 97% of them agreed that this program increased their knowledge of regional challenges that LMICs countries face combatting the COVID-19 pandemic, and 92% of attendees indicated that they would be able to implement the gained knowledge highlighting the impact of this program.

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