AFRO-NETS> WHO reports first probable case of SARS in Africa

[A Odutola <chpss_abo@yahoo.com>]

WHO reports first probable case of SARS in Africa
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As at 11 April 2003, the WHO has reported only one (1) probable case 
of the globally raging atypical pneumonic disease named Severe Acute 
Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). The cumulative global total of reported 
probable cases is 2890.
(Source: http://www.who.int/csr/sarscountry/2003_04_11/en/)

Given the huge information gap, the dominant health-seeking behaviour 
preference for traditional medical care and the weak disease surveil-
lance and reporting structures in most African health systems, it is 
debatable if the one reported case in South Africa is a true reflec-
tion of the incidence of SARS in Africa to-date. 

To keep up-to-dated about SARS, visit:
http://www.who.int/csr/en/


A. Odutola
Centre for Health Policy & Strategic Studies (CHPSS)
Lagos, Nigeria
mailto:chpss_abo@yahoo.com
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