作者
Syed AK Shifat Ahmed, Motunrayo Ajisola, Kehkashan Azeem, Pauline Bakibinga, Yen-Fu Chen, Nazratun Nayeem Choudhury, Olufunke Fayehun, Frances Griffiths, Bronwyn Harris, Peter Kibe, Richard J Lilford, Akinyinka Omigbodun, Narjis Rizvi, Jo Sartori, Simon Smith, Samuel I Watson, Ria Wilson, Godwin Yeboah, Navneet Aujla, Syed Iqbal Azam, Peter J Diggle, Paramjit Gill, Romaina Iqbal, Caroline Kabaria, Lyagamula Kisia, Catherine Kyobutungi, Jason J Madan, Blessing Mberu, Shukri F Mohamed, Ahsana Nazish, Oladoyin Odubanjo, Mary E Osuh, Eme Owoaje, Oyinlola Oyebode, Joao Porto De Albuquerque, Omar Rahman, Komal Tabani, Olalekan John Taiwo, Grant Tregonning, Olalekan A Uthman, Rita Yusuf
发表日期
2020/8/1
期刊
BMJ global health
卷号
5
期号
8
页码范围
e003042
出版商
BMJ Specialist Journals
简介
Introduction
With COVID-19, there is urgency for policymakers to understand and respond to the health needs of slum communities. Lockdowns for pandemic control have health, social and economic consequences. We consider access to healthcare before and during COVID-19 with those working and living in slum communities.
Methods
In seven slums in Bangladesh, Kenya, Nigeria and Pakistan, we explored stakeholder perspectives and experiences of healthcare access for non-COVID-19 conditions in two periods: pre-COVID-19 and during COVID-19 lockdowns.
Results
Between March 2018 and May 2020, we engaged with 860 community leaders, residents, health workers and local authority representatives. Perceived common illnesses in all sites included respiratory, gastric, waterborne and mosquitoborne illnesses and hypertension. Pre-COVID, stakeholders described various preventive, diagnostic and …
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