Scoping review on lessons learnt on the promotion and use of drugs and traditional medicine in Africa during COVID-19.

IF 2.3 3区 医学 Q2 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH Global Public Health Pub Date : 2024-01-01 Epub Date: 2024-03-12 DOI:10.1080/17441692.2024.2323028
Rujeko Samanthia Chimukuche, Rachel Kawuma, Busisiwe Nkosi, Janet Seeley
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ABSTRACTScientific evidence on the safety and efficacy of pharmaceutical drugs, substances and herbal medicines is important in medical advertising and promotion. Following guidelines for conducting a scoping review, we systematically searched PubMed, SCOPUS and Web of Science to identify in peer reviewed articles medications that were promoted and used widely in Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic. We also searched for information about how safety concerns about untested/or not properly tested drugs were communicated to the public during the pandemic. Of the 2043 articles identified, 41 papers were eligible for inclusion. Most studies were clinical trials (n = 11), systematic reviews (n = 9), quantitative studies (n = 9) the rest were qualitative studies, reviews and reports. We found that following global trends, several drugs, traditional and herbal treatments were used and repurposed for the treatment of respiratory symptoms of COVID-19 in Africa. The results highlighted the value of some herbal medicines for treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the risks posed by the unregulated sharing of advice and recommendations on treatments in Africa, and globally.

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对 COVID-19 期间在非洲推广和使用药物及传统医学方面吸取的经验教训进行范围审查。
摘要有关药物、物质和草药安全性和有效性的科学证据在医疗广告和促销中非常重要。根据进行范围界定审查的指南,我们系统地检索了 PubMed、SCOPUS 和 Web of Science,以在同行评审文章中找出 COVID-19 大流行期间在非洲推广和广泛使用的药物。我们还搜索了有关大流行期间如何向公众传达未经测试/或未经适当测试药物的安全问题的信息。在已确定的 2043 篇文章中,有 41 篇符合纳入条件。大多数研究为临床试验(11 篇)、系统综述(9 篇)、定量研究(9 篇),其余为定性研究、综述和报告。我们发现,随着全球趋势的发展,一些药物、传统疗法和草药疗法在非洲被用于治疗 COVID-19 的呼吸道症状,并被重新利用。研究结果凸显了一些草药在 COVID-19 大流行期间的治疗价值,以及在非洲和全球范围内无序分享治疗建议所带来的风险。
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期刊介绍: Global Public Health is an essential peer-reviewed journal that energetically engages with key public health issues that have come to the fore in the global environment — mounting inequalities between rich and poor; the globalization of trade; new patterns of travel and migration; epidemics of newly-emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases; the HIV/AIDS pandemic; the increase in chronic illnesses; escalating pressure on public health infrastructures around the world; and the growing range and scale of conflict situations, terrorist threats, environmental pressures, natural and human-made disasters.
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