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cord-259852-skhoro95	Oboh, Mary Aigbiremo	Beyond SARS-CoV-2: Lessons That African Governments Can Apply in Preparation for Possible Future Epidemics	2020-08-18		.txt	text/plain	1661	69	42	In addition to the Regional Disease Surveillance Systems Enhancement fund (US$600 million) provided by the World Bank for strengthening health systems and disease surveillance, each country should further establish an epidemic emergency fund for epidemic preparedness and response. Given the various epidemic events that have previously oc-curred in Africa, from Ebola virus disease (EVD) [4] to yellow fever, cholera, measles and Lassa fever [5] , it would almost be safe to assume that African governments have prepared proactive measures against possible future epidemics. A measure could have been applied to restrict travel even from countries with fewer than 100 confirmed SARS-CoV-2 cases given that the virus is highly transmissible, with a high reproductive number [3] . In addition to the REDISSE fund (US$600 million) created by the World Bank for strengthening health systems and disease surveillance, each country should further map out an epidemic emergency fund that will be used to address situations such as this in the future.	./cache/cord-259852-skhoro95.txt	./txt/cord-259852-skhoro95.txt