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Kalabamu FS. Promotion of unproved and potential dangerous measures in fighting COVID-19 pandemic: urgent need for vigilant appropriate public communication and generation of scientific evidence. Pan Afr Med J. 2020;37:29doi: 10.11604/pamj.supp.2020.37.29.25547.
Kalabamu, F. S. (2020). Promotion of unproved and potential dangerous measures in fighting COVID-19 pandemic: urgent need for vigilant appropriate public communication and generation of scientific evidence. The Pan African medical journal, 3729. https://doi.org/10.11604/pamj.supp.2020.37.29.25547
Kalabamu, Florence Salvatory. "Promotion of unproved and potential dangerous measures in fighting COVID-19 pandemic: urgent need for vigilant appropriate public communication and generation of scientific evidence." The Pan African medical journal vol. 37 (2020): 29. doi: https://doi.org/10.11604/pamj.supp.2020.37.29.25547
Kalabamu FS. Promotion of unproved and potential dangerous measures in fighting COVID-19 pandemic: urgent need for vigilant appropriate public communication and generation of scientific evidence. Pan Afr Med J. 2020 Oct 28;37:29. doi: 10.11604/pamj.supp.2020.37.29.25547. eCollection 2020. PMID: 33456653; PMCID: PMC7796843.
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Pan Afr Med J. 2020 Oct 28;37:29. doi: 10.11604/pamj.supp.2020.37.29.25547. eCollection 2020.

Promotion of unproved and potential dangerous measures in fighting COVID-19 pandemic: urgent need for vigilant appropriate public communication and generation of scientific evidence.

The Pan African medical journal

Florence Salvatory Kalabamu

Affiliations

  1. Hubert Kairuki Memorial University, Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

PMID: 33456653 PMCID: PMC7796843 DOI: 10.11604/pamj.supp.2020.37.29.25547

Abstract

The ultimate cure for COVID-19 has not yet been discovered, but there is a lot of promoted traditional and food supplements claimed to be effective against the disease. Some of the promoted measures are not only associated with other adverse health outcome, but also create a sense of false protection; leading to failure to follow appropriate measures. It is crucial to identify, correct this misinformation, and to conduct clinical trials to generate evidence among those which are scientifically sound.

Copyright: Florence Salvatory Kalabamu et al.

Keywords: COVID-19; Misconception; evidence

Conflict of interest statement

The author declares no competing interests.

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