A vulnerability index for COVID-19: spatial analysis at the subnational level in Kenya

PM Macharia, NK Joseph, EA Okiro - BMJ global health, 2020 - gh.bmj.com
Background Response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic calls for
precision public health reflecting our improved understanding of who is the most vulnerable …

Understanding vulnerability to COVID-19 in New Zealand: a nationwide cross-sectional study

J Wiki, L Marek, M Hobbs, S Kingham… - Journal of the Royal …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT COVID-19 can affect the entire population, but it poses an increased risk for
particular population groups. Socioeconomic and demographic factors, as well as long-term …

A vulnerability index for the management of and response to the COVID-19 epidemic in India: an ecological study

R Acharya, A Porwal - The Lancet Global Health, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background COVID-19 is spreading rapidly in India and other parts of the world. Despite the
Indian Government's efforts to contain the disease in the affected districts, cases have been …

[HTML][HTML] Socio-economic vulnerability to COVID-19: The spatial case of greater Kampala Metropolitan Area (GKMA)

I Bamweyana, DA Okello, R Ssengendo… - Journal of Geographic …, 2020 - scirp.org
COVID-19 has presented itself with an extreme impact on the resources of its epi-centres. In
Uganda, there is uncertainty about what will happen especially in the main urban hub, the …

COVID-19 in Ethiopia: a geospatial analysis of vulnerability to infection, case severity and death

KA Alene, YA Gelaw, DM Fetene, DN Koye… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Background COVID-19 has caused a global public health crisis affecting most countries,
including Ethiopia, in various ways. This study maps the vulnerability to infection, case …

Measuring geographical disparities in England at the time of COVID-19: results using a composite indicator of population vulnerability

C Nicodemo, S Barzin, D Lasserson, F Moscone… - BMJ open, 2020 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives The growth of COVID-19 infections in England raises questions about system
vulnerability. Several factors that vary across geographies, such as age, existing disease …

Static socio-ecological COVID-19 vulnerability index and vaccine hesitancy index for England

CE Welsh, DR Sinclair, FE Matthews - The Lancet Regional Health …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Population characteristics can be used to infer vulnerability of communities to
COVID-19, or to the likelihood of high levels of vaccine hesitancy. Communities harder hit by …

How does vulnerability to COVID-19 vary between communities in England? Developing a small area vulnerability index (SAVI)

K Daras, A Alexiou, TC Rose, I Buchan… - J Epidemiol …, 2021 - jech.bmj.com
Background During the initial wave of the COVID-19 epidemic in England, several
population characteristics were associated with increased risk of mortality—including, age …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19: District level vulnerability assessment in India

A Sarkar, P Chouhan - Clinical epidemiology and global health, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives COVID-19 Pandemic has brought a threatening challenge to the world and as
well as for Indian society and economy. In India, it has become a public health disaster and …

Pandemic inequity in a megacity: a multilevel analysis of individual, community and healthcare vulnerability risks for COVID-19 mortality in Jakarta, Indonesia

H Surendra, N Salama, KD Lestari, V Adrian… - BMJ global …, 2022 - gh.bmj.com
Introduction Worldwide, the 33 recognised megacities comprise approximately 7% of the
global population, yet account for 20% COVID-19 deaths. The specific inequities and other …