Abstract Background The Covid-19 pandemic has so far infected more than 30 million
people in the world, having major impact on global health with collateral damage. In …

The extended lockdown in SA was estimated to have reduced tax revenue collection by a
tectonic ZAR285 billion,[12] in contrast to the ZAR200 billion annual budget in 2020/21 for …

Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has adversely affected health systems in many
countries, but little is known about effects on health systems in sub-Saharan Africa. This …

Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a national lockdown in India from midnight
on 25 March 2020, with conditional relaxation by phases and zones from 20 April. We …

Background The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had wide-reaching
direct and indirect impacts on population health. In low-and middle-income countries, these …

Declines in health service use during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic
could have important effects on population health. In this study, we used an interrupted time …

Background The COVID-19 pandemic and country measures to control it can lead to
negative indirect health effects. Understanding these indirect health effects is important in …

Background To reduce the spread of COVID-19, several countries in Africa instituted
countrywide lockdowns and other public health measures. Whereas lockdowns contributed …

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic may have short-term and long-term
impacts on health services across sub-Saharan African countries. A telephone survey in …

Background The health impact of COVID-19 may differ in African settings as compared to
countries in Europe or China due to demographic, epidemiological, environmental and …