Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices toward COVID-19 Pandemic among Public in Sudan

Maram Osman Elawad Mabyoue^1*, Omer Awadelkarim Omer Ibrahim¹ & Elamin Yassin Elsamani Alamelhuda²

¹Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan
²Sudan Medical Specialization Board, Sudan

Dr. Maram Osman Elawad Mabyoue, Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan.

Keywords: Knowledge; Attitude; Practice; COVID-19; Sudan

Abstract

Background
The novel corona virus COVID-19 is the seventh of genetically related corona viruses known to infect humans and the third with epidemic potentials after SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV. It usually presents as a respiratory infection with fever, cough, generalized body aches and sometimes can be complicated by respiratory failure or multisystem failure. It has emerged as a pneumonia of unknown cause in Wuhan, China in December 2019. Shortly it spread to all continents and most countries with 5.1 million confirmed cases and 332,876 deaths worldwide. At the time of writing in Sudan, a sub-Saharan African country, there were 3,138 confirmed cases and 121 deaths.
Methodology
This was a cross sectional community based online survey aimed to assess knowledge, attitudes and practices toward COVID-19 among public in Sudan. A total of 403 participants were enrolled from different states of Sudan.

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