The COVID-19 pandemic and healthcare systems in Africa: a scoping review of preparedness, impact and response

GA Tessema, Y Kinfu, BA Dachew, AG Tesema… - BMJ global …, 2021 - gh.bmj.com
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has overwhelmed health systems in both developed
and developing nations alike. Africa has one of the weakest health systems globally, but …

Changes in access to health services during the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review

G Pujolar, A Oliver-Anglès, I Vargas… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic and the measures adopted are having a profound impact on a
major goal of public healthcare systems: universal access to health services. The objective …

COVID-19 and resilience of healthcare systems in ten countries

C Arsenault, A Gage, MK Kim, NR Kapoor… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
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 …

The impact of COVID-19 on TB: a review of the data

CF McQuaid, A Vassall, T Cohen… - … of Tuberculosis and …, 2021 - ingentaconnect.com
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, models predicted hundreds of thousands of additional TB
deaths as a result of health service disruption. To date, empirical evidence on the effects of …

The impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on HIV care in 65 South African primary care clinics: an interrupted time series analysis

J Dorward, T Khubone, K Gate, H Ngobese… - The lancet HIV, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on HIV outcomes in low-income and
middle-income countries is poorly described. We aimed to measure the impact of the 2020 …

Disruptions in maternal and child health service utilization during COVID-19: analysis from eight sub-Saharan African countries

G Shapira, T Ahmed, SHP Drouard… - Health policy and …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The coronavirus-19 pandemic and its secondary effects threaten the continuity of essential
health services delivery, which may lead to worsened population health and a protracted …

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on immunization campaigns and programs: a systematic review

ZS Lassi, R Naseem, RA Salam, F Siddiqui… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has had an impact on health service delivery, including
immunization programs, and this review assesses the impact on vaccine coverage across …

Accessibility to non-COVID health services in the world during the COVID-19 pandemic

M Tuczyńska, M Matthews-Kozanecka… - Frontiers in public …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-CoV2 has seriously impacted the global
economy. Medical facilities around the world were not prepared for the enormous …

SARS-CoV-2 infections and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in pregnancy and breastfeeding: Results from an observational study in primary care in Belgium

M Ceulemans, JY Verbakel, K Van Calsteren… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
COVID-19 also affects pregnant and breastfeeding women. Hence, clinicians and
policymakers require reliable evidence on COVID-19 epidemiology and consequences in …

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Cardiovascular Health in 2020: JACC State-of-the-Art Review

GA Roth, M Vaduganathan, GA Mensah - Journal of the American College …, 2022 - jacc.org
The impact of COVID-19 on the burden of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) during the early
pandemic remains unclear. COVID-19 has become one of the leading causes of global …