Version 1
: Received: 1 August 2023 / Approved: 2 August 2023 / Online: 3 August 2023 (10:45:23 CEST)
How to cite:
Wei, C.R.; Nourmohammadi, N.; Rizwan, M.; Lang’at, G.C. The Pandemic and Africa: A Review of the Psychological and Social Impact of COVID-19 in Africa. Preprints2023, 2023080239. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202308.0239.v1
Wei, C.R.; Nourmohammadi, N.; Rizwan, M.; Lang’at, G.C. The Pandemic and Africa: A Review of the Psychological and Social Impact of COVID-19 in Africa. Preprints 2023, 2023080239. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202308.0239.v1
Wei, C.R.; Nourmohammadi, N.; Rizwan, M.; Lang’at, G.C. The Pandemic and Africa: A Review of the Psychological and Social Impact of COVID-19 in Africa. Preprints2023, 2023080239. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202308.0239.v1
APA Style
Wei, C.R., Nourmohammadi, N., Rizwan, M., & Lang’at, G.C. (2023). The Pandemic and Africa: A Review of the Psychological and Social Impact of COVID-19 in Africa. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202308.0239.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Wei, C.R., Maria Rizwan and Godwin C. Lang’at. 2023 "The Pandemic and Africa: A Review of the Psychological and Social Impact of COVID-19 in Africa" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202308.0239.v1
Abstract
Covid-19 has had a significant impact on the lives of populations across the world. Since the first reported case of the coronavirus in Wuhan, China, the world faced a situation of dealing with a novel virus. While the physical health effects of the coronavirus was the center of focus for much of the pandemic, Covid-19 was accompanied with significant social and psychological consequences on the world populations. In this review, we aim to assess how the coronavirus pandemic has affected the African continent at large, highlighting the socio-psychological consequences. Through citing some examples of a few countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, the review will detail the experiences of the populations within this region which remain plagued with economic and health vulnerabilities that were further exposed by the pandemic.
Keywords
COVID-19; Social Impact; Fear Response; Healthcare; Restriction; Control Measures
Subject
Public Health and Healthcare, Other
Copyright:
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
