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The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the most formidable challenge to humanity in a century. It is widely believed that prepandemic normalcy will never return until a safe and effective vaccine strategy becomes...
In malaria-endemic countries, an integrated approach to point-of-care testing for COVID-19 and malaria would provide bi-directional benefits for COVID-19 and malaria control, particularly due to their paralleled likeness of symptoms, infection control strategies and at-risk individuals. This is ...
The study utilized data from a database registry in Ethiopian hospitals, specifically from the district health information system report of the hospitals. Out of the total 8784 admissions, 7026 were excluded as they did not show any COVID-19 symptoms. From the remaining 1736 suspected cases, 101...
Settings Study sites in DRC, Kenya, Zambia, Bangladesh, India (two sites), Pakistan and Guatemala. Population and sample Pregnant women in the Global Network''s Maternal and Neonatal Health Registry (MNHR). Methods A KAP questionnaire was administered in face‐to‐face interviews with pregnant ...
The food security situation then improved as COVID-19 restrictions in Kenya were eased and the agricultural lean season ended with the new main harvest around September 2020. Taken together, our results suggest a strong food security shock to which smallholder households were exposed during the CO...
73,74 Kenya reported a 34% rise in domestic violence, while in South Africa, there was a 37% spike in gender-based violence complaints in the first week of a total lockdown.73 Children are often victims and/or witnesses of domestic/family violence, which has a harmful impact on their ...
ResearchMatch, a national health volunteer registry supported by the U.S. National Institutes of Health as part of the Clinical Translational Science Award program, was also used to recruit WLH. Eligible participants for the FGD included WLH who were 21 years old or older, resided in the WBMA...
Little is known about how people’s beliefs concerning the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) influence their behavior. To shed light on this, we con
What is known from literature about the long COVID-19, its nomenclature, diagnosis, risk factors, signs/symptoms, pathophysiology, and the currently recommended management, and what are the gaps in this issue? Inclusion criteria Those related to long COVID, post-acute COVID, and long haulers ...