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cord-282073-738h46g0	Ogunkola, Isaac Olushola	Rural communities in Africa should not be forgotten in responses to COVID‐19	2020-08-13		.txt	text/plain	1622	105	57	authors: Ogunkola, Isaac Olushola; Adebisi, Yusuff Adebayo; Imo, Uchenna Frank; Odey, Goodness Ogeyi; Esu, Ekpereonne; Lucero‐Prisno, Don Eliseo Shortage of healthcare workforce in these areas, poor health facilities/structures and limited access to COVID‐19 diagnostics services may also make containment challenging. Shortage of healthcare workforce in these areas, poor health facilities/structures and limited access to COVID-19 diagnostics services may also make containment challenging. It is therefore important that investment should be made in these areas towards providing the necessary tools, resources, and manpower to ensure effective containment of COVID-19 and to alleviate the plight caused by the pandemic in rural Africa. Although there has been a number of actions implemented to address the pandemic and its impact, the increasing number of COVID-19 cases poses a major threat particularly with the various limitations and challenges that plague health services in rural areas of the continent.	./cache/cord-282073-738h46g0.txt	./txt/cord-282073-738h46g0.txt