Published date: Apr 23 2020

Journal Title: Sudan Journal of Medical Sciences

Issue title: SJMS Special Issue 2020: Competing with COVID-19 in Sudan

Pages: 1-4

DOI: 10.18502/sjms.v15i5.6880

Professor Hassan Bella - hassanbella@yahoo.com

Covid-19 is the fastest evolving and most horrific pandemic in the recent global history. It is perhaps the greatest and most daunting challenge humanity has faced since World War II and could bring on so many sequelae and a ‘recession with no parallel in the recent past’ [1]. The editors of the Sudan Journal of Medical Sciences have commissioned this timely issue of the journal to assess the implications of this unprecedented event on Sudan’s healthcare sector.

Researching the literature for the purpose of this editorial, using Google Scholar and other authentic search engines, produced a seemingly infinite number of titles. Never in my career as medical teacher and researcher I have encountered such a vast volume of literature produced on one subject in such a very short time.

[1] Schwartz, N.D. (2020, March). Coronavirus Recession Looms, Its Course ’Unrecognizable’. The New York Times.

[2] Meyerowitz-Katz, G. (2020, March). Here’s Why Herd Immunity Won’t Save Us From The COVID-19 Pandemic. Science Alert, Retrieved from https://www.sciencealert.com/why-herd-immunity-will-notsave-us-from-the-covid-19-pandemic]

[3] (2020, March). Medical Journal Editor Slams UK Coronavirus Response. The Canary, retrieved from https://www.thecanary.co/trending/2020/03/27/medical-journal-editor-slams-uk-coronavirusresponse-live-on-the-bbc/

[4] Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. (2020, March). Global Health Now. Retrieved from https://www.globalhealthnow.org/

[5] Johns Hopkins Bloomsberg School of Public Health. (2020, March). Fighting COVID-19 with Epidemiology. Retrieved from https://www.globalhealthnow.org/

[6] Center for Disease Control and Prevention. (2020, March). COVID-19 Research Downloadable Articles. Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/library/researchguides/2019novelcoronavirus/researcharticles.htm

[7] World Health Organisation. (2020, March). African Countries Move for COVID-19 Readiness to Response as Many Confirm Cases. WHO Regions Guidance Notes on COVID-19. Retrieved from Afro.who.int.

[8] World Health Organization. The WHO launches WHO Alert on WhatsApp wa.me/41225017023? (Arabic)

[9] Hopman, J., et al. (2020). Managing COVID-19 in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. JAMA, March 16,
2020.

[10] COVID-19 Changed How the World Does Science, Together. In The New York Times, Retrieved on April
2, 2020 from Johns Hopkins, Global Health Now.

[11] Adhanom, T. (2020, March). WHO Director General’s remarks at the G20 Extraordinary Leaders’ Summit on COVID-19 - 26 March 2020. Retrieved from https://www.who.int/dg/speeches/detail/who-directorgeneral-s-remarks-at-the-g20-extraordinary-leaders-summit-on-covid-19---26-march-2020.

[12] Auburn Volkswagen. (2020, March). Bill Gates on COVID-19. What is the Corona/COVID-19 Virus Really Teaching us. Retrieved from https://www.auburnvw.com/bill-gates-on-covid-19/.

[13] Walsh, M., Danmerg, M. and Muting, J. (2020, April). Wuhan’s COVID-19 Crisis is easing; its mental health disaster is just beginning. Caixin Global Podcasts. Retrieved from https://www.caixinglobal.com/2020-04-01/wuhans-covid-19-crisis-is-easing-its-mental-health-disaster-is-just-beginning-101537465.html.