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 …

[HTML][HTML] The psychological impact of COVID-19 on health-care workers in African Countries: A systematic review

AA Olashore, OO Akanni, AL Fela-Thomas… - Asian Journal of …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
In Africa, a systematic appraisal of the associated pattern of psychiatric disorders (PDs)
among health-care workers (HCWs) is lacking. We, therefore, aimed to ascertain the pattern …

Prevalence and factors associated with burnout among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Togo, June 2021

YA Agbobli, YR Konu… - … of environmental & …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
COVID-19 pandemic is responsible for increased demand for care and patient mortality,
resulting in emotional and physical stress for healthcare workers (HCWs). We aimed to …

Síndrome de Burnout na Covid-19: os impactos na saúde dos trabalhadores da saúde

ML de Barba, MMP Campos, GCA Neves… - Seven …, 2023 - sevenpublicacoes.com.br
A pandemia do novo Coronavírus causou grandes repercussões socioeconômicas e na
saúde pública, levando a sociedade a se adaptar a uma realidade que inclui isolamento …

[HTML][HTML] Preparing healthcare facilities in sub-Saharan Africa for future outbreaks: insights from a multi-country digital self-assessment of COVID-19 preparedness

GP Gómez-Pérez, AE de Graaff, JT Dekker… - BMC Health Services …, 2024 - Springer
Background Despite previous experience with epidemics, African healthcare systems were
inadequately prepared and substantially impacted by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID …

[HTML][HTML] Reduced incidence of respiratory, gastrointestinal and malaria infections among children during the COVID-19 pandemic in Western Kenya: An analysis of …

GP Gómez-Pérez, R de Groot, AA Abajobir… - Journal of global …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Epidemics can cause significant disruptions of essential health care services.
This was evident in West-Africa during the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak, raising concerns that …

[HTML][HTML] Qualitative healthcare worker survey: Retrospective cross-sectional case study on COVID-19 in the African context

A Benjamin, A Sultan, M Yousif, A Moussa… - Annals of Medicine and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Despite the presence of COVID-19 epidemiologic data in Africa, there are gaps
in the understanding of healthcare workers' concerns and fears early in the pandemic …

[HTML][HTML] Predicting managers' mental health across countries: using country-level COVID-19 statistics

L Li, SX Zhang, L Graf-Vlachy - Frontiers in public health, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background There is limited research focusing on publicly available statistics on the
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic as predictors of mental health across …

[HTML][HTML] Factors associated with newly graduated nurses' work readiness during a pandemic: A cross-sectional study

Y Qu, W Gao, C Hayes, K Crawford - Nurse Education Today, 2025 - Elsevier
Background Newly graduated nurses may experience reality shock and leave the career
early, if not adequately prepared. The pandemic has significantly impacted nursing …

[HTML][HTML] Anxiety and stress seem temporary during the pneumonia COVID-19 pandemic: a survey on the mental health status of healthcare workers

HA Fard, R Borazjani, AH Shams… - Bulletin of Emergency …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective: To evaluate the presence/severity of depression, anxiety, and stress among
health care workers (HCWs) who work on the specially allocated COVID-19 ward (Group A) …