Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic has choked the world and so have the containment measures. LMICs are going through an epidemiological transition with the burden of the disease shifting from the communicable disease to noncommunicable disease. This pandemic, however, has proved that the focus on the former cannot be neglected. Covid-19 pandemic has given us an opportunity to combat communicable disease with a new and effective approach. In the year 2016, the diseases globally contributing to the total Years of Life Lost were namely diarrhea, lower respiratory infections, and tuberculosis