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cord-260256-aczn39lf	Wehrens, Erik	Primum non nocere: Potential indirect adverse effects of COVID-19 containment strategies in the African region	2020-04-29		.txt	text/plain	418	30	55	Dear Editor: With the COVID-19 pandemic spreading in sub-Saharan Africa [1] , governments and health authorities are stepping up containment measures. In Sierra Leone, measurements taken include training of healthcare professionals, establishing testing facilities, information campaigns and a partial lockdown. In many ways, there are parallels with the early phase of the West African Ebola outbreak 2013-2016 -including a steep decrease in in-and outpatients across health facilities [2] . In Sierra Leone, which ranks amongst the countries with the highest maternal and child mortality rates worldwide, the rapid decrease of patients presenting to healthcare facilities in this evolving crisis might herald a massive indirect COVID-19-related death toll. Counting indirect crisis-related deaths in the context of a low-resilience health system: the case of maternal and neonatal health during the Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone Stability issues of RT-PCR testing of SARS-CoV-2 for hospitalized patients clinically diagnosed with COVID-19	./cache/cord-260256-aczn39lf.txt	./txt/cord-260256-aczn39lf.txt