Abstract
Over the past half century, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a low-income and post-conflict country, has experienced several Ebola Virus Disease outbreaks, with different fatality rates. The DRC is currently experiencing the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Using the PEN-3 cultural model, we assessed the socio-cultural factors affecting public trust in the government and its health agencies. Results of this analysis revealed the perceptions, enablers, and nurturers that impacted public trust in the government and its health agencies among the Congolese population. Future interventions designed to address the COVID-19 in the DRC should account for these socio-cultural factors.
Highlights
Over the past half century, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a low-income and post-conflict country, has experienced several Ebola Virus Disease outbreaks, with different fatality rates
The use of the relationships and expectations domain has proven to be insightful during the Ebola virus disease crisis, revealing revealed the perceptions and enabling/nurturing factors that exacerbated to or prevented Ebola Virus Disease-related stigma [4]
Prior to the announcement of the first ever reported case, there were reports circulating through newspapers in the DRC that people of Black descent and/or those living in hot and humid climates could not be infected by COVID-19
Summary
Over the past half century, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a low-income and post-conflict country, has experienced several Ebola Virus Disease outbreaks, with different fatality rates. The DRC is currently experiencing the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
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