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Estimating critical care capacity needs and gaps in Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic

2020-06-04

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<h4>Objective</h4> The purpose of this analysis was to describe national critical care capacity shortages for 52 African countries and to outline needs for each country to adequately respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. <h4>Methods</h4> A modified SECIR compartment model was used to estimate the number of severe COVID-19 cases at the peak of the outbreak. Projections of the number of hospital beds, ICU beds, and vent...

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Literature Corpus work: 0465e413-07b7-5fb3-a1cb-fc71250fc90f
DOI: 10.1101/2020.06.02.20120147

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