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African League Against Rheumatism (Aflar) Preliminary Recommendations On The Management Of Rheumatic Diseases During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Richard Oluyinka Akintayo, Rachid Bahiri, Yasser El Miedany, Hakeem Olaosebikan, Asgar Ali Kalla, Adewale Olukayode Adebajo, Angela Migowa, Samy Slimani, Ouma Devi Koussougbo, Ben Abdelghani Kawther
African League Against Rheumatism (Aflar) Preliminary Recommendations On The Management Of Rheumatic Diseases During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Richard Oluyinka Akintayo, Rachid Bahiri, Yasser El Miedany, Hakeem Olaosebikan, Asgar Ali Kalla, Adewale Olukayode Adebajo, Angela Migowa, Samy Slimani, Ouma Devi Koussougbo, Ben Abdelghani Kawther
Paediatrics and Child Health, East Africa
Objectives: To develop recommendations for the management of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Method: A task force comprising of 25 rheumatologists from the 5 regions of the continent was formed and operated through a hub-and-spoke model with a central working committee (CWC) and 4 subgroups. The subgroups championed separate scopes of the clinical questions and formulated preliminary statements of recommendations which were processed centrally in the CWC. The CWC and each subgroup met by several virtual meetings, and two rounds of voting were conducted on the drafted statements of recommendations. Votes were online-delivered and …