‘A focus on the coronavirus has disrupted detection and treatment of other infectious diseases. Governments and funders can do four things to avert a catastrophe.
‘First, hospitals and health authorities in affected cities and regions must recognize that AIDS, malaria and TB are surging again... Second, researchers must continue to refine their models using more real-world data... Third, there is a need for public-information campaigns... Fourth, these campaigns cannot on their own keep surgeries and wards open, or equipment functioning. The resurgence of infectious diseases has created a greater demand for tests, treatments and research. All of these need more funding.’
Read here (Nature, August 12, 2020)
