Social consequences of COVID-19 in a low resource setting in Sierra Leone, West Africa

•COVID-19 is increasingly reported in Sierra Leone.•Most people of a poor village in Sierra Leone lost their jobs, as a consequence of COVID-19 lockdown.•Most people of a poor village in Sierra Leone have difficulties in providing food for their families. Economical and psychological consequences of...

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Vydáno v:International journal of infectious diseases Ročník 97; s. 23 - 26
Hlavní autoři: Buonsenso, Danilo, Cinicola, Bianca, Raffaelli, Francesca, Sollena, Pietro, Iodice, Francesco
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Canada Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2020
The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of International Society for Infectious Diseases
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Témata:
Adolescent
Adult
Africa
Aged
Betacoronavirus
Child
Child, Preschool
Coronavirus Infections - economics
COVID-19
Female
Health Resources
Humans
Income
Male
Middle Aged
Pandemics - economics
Pneumonia, Viral - economics
Rural Population
SARS-CoV-2
Sierra Leone
Social
Young Adult
Sierra Leone
COVID-19
Social
SARS-CoV-2
Africa
ISSN:1201-9712, 1878-3511, 1878-3511
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Shrnutí:•COVID-19 is increasingly reported in Sierra Leone.•Most people of a poor village in Sierra Leone lost their jobs, as a consequence of COVID-19 lockdown.•Most people of a poor village in Sierra Leone have difficulties in providing food for their families. Economical and psychological consequences of the lockdown in low-resource setting in rural Africa are unknown. We drafted a survey in order to address the social impact of COVID-19 lockdown on a rural village in Sierra Leone. The survey developed by the study group and translated in the local language, distributed to the householders of the village on April 13th and responses collected on April 14th, when Sierra Leone was on day 11 of lockdown. The questions aimed to assess in the community the following items: age group, main activities before lockdown, change in income and ability to feed the family during lockdown, anxiety during lockdown. 78 householders (100% of Bureh Town) replied. All, expect one, declared a 51−80% (19.2%) to 81−100% (79.4%) reduction of weekly income compared with the pre-lockdown period, declaring difficulties in providing food for the family members (82%), and anxiety (60%). Our analyses showed that people lost their jobs and have difficulties in providing food for their families. Highlights: Our analyses in a low resource setting in rural Africa in Sierra Leone, West Africa, showed that people lost their jobs and have difficulties in providing food for their families, as a consequence of COVID-19 lockdown
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ISSN:1201-9712
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DOI:10.1016/j.ijid.2020.05.104