The Early Stage of the COVID-19 Outbreak in Tunisia, France, and Germany: A Systematic Mapping Review of the Different National Strategies

Khouloud Laffet, Fatma Haboubi, Noomene Elkadri, Rita Georges Nohra and Monique Rothan-Tondeur
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Khouloud Laffet: Nursing Sciences Research Chair, Laboratory Educations and Health Practices (LEPS), Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, (EA 3412), UFR SMBH, 93017 Bobigny, France
Fatma Haboubi: Medical Research Directorate, The Ministry of Health of Tunisia, 1006 Bab Saadoun, Tunis 1006, Tunisia
Noomene Elkadri: Medical Research Directorate, The Ministry of Health of Tunisia, 1006 Bab Saadoun, Tunis 1006, Tunisia
Rita Georges Nohra: Nursing Sciences Research Chair, Laboratory Educations and Health Practices (LEPS), Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, (EA 3412), UFR SMBH, 93017 Bobigny, France
Monique Rothan-Tondeur: Nursing Sciences Research Chair, Laboratory Educations and Health Practices (LEPS), Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, (EA 3412), UFR SMBH, 93017 Bobigny, France

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 16, 1-22

Abstract: The multitude of national strategies used against the COVID-19 pandemic makes it necessary to review and synthesize them in order to identify potential gaps and shortcomings, and to help prioritize future control efforts. This systematic mapping review is aimed at identifying the coronavirus pandemic management strategies adopted by France, Tunisia, and Germany during the early stage of the COVID-19 outbreak. A set of government websites in addition to the PubMed and Google Scholar databases were searched to identify scientific articles and institutional documents related to the national strategies of the three countries up until July 2020. The references included were mapped and narratively synthesized based on the pillars of the Monitoring and Evaluation Framework of the Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan defined by the World Health Organization. Of the 2765 records screened, 65 documents were included in the study. The analysis of these documents showed that Germany was the first country to implement mass screening of cases and that France was the first country to implement measures to impose general containment at the national level. It also showed that Tunisia was the only country to have imposed the confinement of passengers on repatriation flights in dedicated containment centers and at the expense of the state.

Keywords: COVID-19; pandemic; health policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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