id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-286139-27domp9w Dramé, Moustapha Coping with the COVID-19 crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa: let us not leave older people behind! 2020-04-22 .txt text/plain 885 54 56 title: Coping with the COVID-19 crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa: let us not leave older people behind! At present, certain colleagues affirm that Africa is more prepared than ever to face the COVID-19 pandemic, thanks to the lessons they have learned from epidemics such as Ebola [4] . Indeed, in the case of the current COVID-19 crisis, in Sub-Saharan Africa, no specific measures have been taken to protect elders, as there have been in high-income countries. If the epidemic continues along current trajectories, African countries are or will be among the last to be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet they are likely to draw but little benefit from the experience acquired in western countries, notably because the measures applied in high-income countries are not appropriate solutions for Sub-Saharan Africa. Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic: what are the risks for older patients? ./cache/cord-286139-27domp9w.txt ./txt/cord-286139-27domp9w.txt