Finding the Balance: Public Health and Social Measures for COVID-19 in the DRC and South Africa
Léon Tshilolo, MD, PhD
Académie Congolaise des Sciences (ACCOS) Kinshasa, 15 April 2021
The Congolese Academy of Science (ACCOS) is an independent organization intended to promote science and engineering and
strengthen their influence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Some of the main objectives of ACCOS
• To promote dialogue and information exchange between
policymakers and scientists to ensure the involvement of ACCOS in national policy
• To Strengthen Science, Technology and Innovation capacity in DRC to respond to challenges and opportunities towards achieving the
development of our country;
• To Facilitate access to appropriate technologies through technology transfer and provide access to research and technical knowledge
• To provide a national forum for publication of research and exchange of ideas among scientists, technologists, industries, traditional
practitioners and opinion leaders.
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Example of innovate technology: a mobile Lab
No cost for building Immediate availability Compact and mobile Modular and evolutive
Ebola epidemics in Guinea, 2015-16
Malaria resistance study in a rural area/KIMPESE -DRC
Involving of young scientists in Public health Challenges and Research
Young scientists were involved in the publication
Mean scores in population density distanciating
masking at various times of the day
THANKS
Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)
ASSAf Research Repository http://research.assaf.org.za/
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Finding the balance: public health and social measures for COVID-19 in the DRC and South Africa
Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)
Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf); Académie Congolaise des Sciences (ACCOS)
Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), (2021). Finding the balance: public health and
social measures for COVID-19 in the DRC and South Africa. [Online] Available at: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11911/207 https://youtu.be/CfHsLuWEluc
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