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cord-331601-3w4c40qr	Ojong, Nathanael	The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Pathology of the Economic and Political Architecture in Cameroon	2020-06-17		.txt	text/plain	8028	390	55	The current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic started in December 2019 [1] , and on 31 December 2019, China informed the World Health Organisation (WHO) of numerous cases of pneumonia of unknown cause in Wuhan, a city of 11 million inhabitants [2] . That said, the goal of this review is to provide a deeper understanding of the factors that have contributed to weakening Cameroon's health sector over the years and to shed light on socio-economic and political factors that are currently restricting an effective response to the pandemic in the country. An independent local news agency in the country reported that some public health institutions in Douala required COVID-19 patients to cover their health care costs. Using Cameroon as a case study, I have examined the economic, political, and social forces that negatively affect the fight against COVID-19, and argue that the country's weak health care system makes it challenging to tackle the disease there as well as in other countries.	./cache/cord-331601-3w4c40qr.txt	./txt/cord-331601-3w4c40qr.txt