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cord-331058-ou6vqp7n	Chireh, Batholomew	Leveraging best practices: protecting sub-Saharan African prison detainees amid COVID-19	2020-06-24		.txt	text/plain	1649	82	52	The risk of infection and death from COVID-19 is higher among older prisoners with pre-existing health conditions especially in sub-Saharan African. These focus areas include 1) challenges of social distancing; 2) higher risk of severe infection and death; 3) difficulties health care systems may face in the case of COVID-19 surge; and 4) recommended solutions to prevent harm and preventing a public health catastrophe. Although prison conditions in the United States may be quite different from those of sub-Saharan African countries, this paper applies these focus areas to the African context and provides simple and immediate measures to proactively prevent the spread of COVID-19 among prisoners in the region. As stated earlier older prisoners and persons with underlying medical conditions such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease, and cancer are more likely to report severe infection and death in low-and middle-income countries [3] .	./cache/cord-331058-ou6vqp7n.txt	./txt/cord-331058-ou6vqp7n.txt