The intersecting pandemics of tuberculosis and COVID-19: population-level and patient-level impact, clinical presentation, and corrective interventions

K Dheda, T Perumal, H Moultrie, R Perumal… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
The global tuberculosis burden remains substantial, with more than 10 million people newly
ill per year. Nevertheless, tuberculosis incidence has slowly declined over the past decade …

The COVID-19 and TB syndemic: the way forward

A Trajman, I Felker, LC Alves, I Coutinho… - … of Tuberculosis and …, 2022 - ingentaconnect.com
Together, SARS-CoV-2 and M. tuberculosis have killed approximately 5.7 million people
worldwide over the past 2 years. The COVID-19 pandemic, and the non-pharmaceutical …

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 …

Evaluating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on accessing HIV services in South Africa: a systematic review

CGR Jardim, R Zamani, M Akrami - International journal of environmental …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Progress has been made towards controlling the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
epidemic in South Africa. However, the emergence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) …

The effect of COVID-19 on routine HIV care services from health facilities in Northwest Ethiopia

A Adugna, J Azanaw… - HIV/AIDS-Research and …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Background There is mounting evidence that the risk of death from COVID-19 among people
with HIV could be as much as twice that of the general population. Recent evidence …

Perception and attitude toward teleconsultations among different healthcare professionals in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic

U Grata-Borkowska, M Sobieski, J Drobnik… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Teleconsultation has become one of the most important and sometimes the only possible
forms of communication between healthcare professionals (HCPs) and their patients during …

Self-reported delays in care-seeking in West Africa during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic

NE Conboy, A Nickow, JK Awoonor-Williams… - BMC health services …, 2023 - Springer
Background The COVID-19 pandemic caused delays in care-seeking due to fears of
infection and decreased healthcare access globally. These delays have been linked in …

Perceptions of managerial staff on the patient safety culture at a tertiary hospital in South Africa

V Abraham, JC Meyer, B Godman… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Background Hospital managers are best suited and located to enhance patient safety
culture within their institutions. Aim This study sought to provide insight on the perceptions of …

HIV and covid-19 in South Africa

J Freer, V Mudaly - Bmj, 2022 - bmj.com
Consensus is growing that the omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, which has 50 mutations
differentiating it from the original virus, may have evolved during a prolonged infection in …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical impact of COVID-19 on tuberculosis

SS Zamparelli, M Mormile, AS Zamparelli… - Le Infezioni in …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
During COVID-19 pandemic, a lot of diseases suffered from a limited access to health care
services, owing to the use of resources, both technical and financial, mainly directed towards …