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Evaluation of science advice during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden
Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2022 Sweden was well equipped to prevent the pandemic of COVID-19 from becoming serious. Over 280 years of collaboration between political bodies, authorities, and the scientific community had yielded many successes in preventive medicine. Sweden’s population
Nele Brusselaers +7 more
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COVID-19 case management strategies: what are the options for Africa?
Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2021 The ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has put a strain on health systems globally. Although Africa is the least affected region to date, it has the weakest health systems and an exponential rise in cases as has been observed in other ...
Joy Luba Lomole Waya +4 more
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Diabetic Medicine, 2020 Less than six months ago, no‐one had heard of COVID‐19 and few people knew what a coronavirus was, yet today it is on everyone's lips. On 11 March 2020, the WHO declared the outbreak a global pandemic, and the disease has spread to multiple countries across the globe. COVID‐19 is characterized by a fever, dry cough, fatigue and shortness of breath, and
Ma, R. C. W., Holt, R. I. G.
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BMC Public Health, 2022 Background There is a continuing risk for COVID-19 transmission in school settings while transmission is ongoing in the community, particularly among unvaccinated populations. To ensure that schools continue to operate safely and to inform implementation
Marisa Hast +14 more
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Moving from rhetoric to action: how Africa can use scientific evidence to halt the COVID-19 pandemic
Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2020 The ongoing pandemic of the coronavirus disease 2019 has spread rapidly to all countries of the world. Africa is particularly predisposed to an escalation of the pandemic and its negative impact given its weak economy and health systems.
Olushayo Oluseun Olu +5 more
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Clinical Obesity, 2020 As this issue of Clinical Obesity goes to press, the world is reeling from the health, economic and social impact of the global pandemic of COVID‐19 (the disease) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2). It is becoming clear that several factors put people living with obesity at greater risk of the disease.
Finer, Nick +2 more
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Systematic Reviews, 2023 In this letter, we briefly describe how we selected and implemented the quality criteria checklist (QCC) as a critical appraisal tool in rapid systematic reviews conducted to inform public health advice, guidance and policy during the COVID-19 pandemic ...
Daphne Duval +5 more
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The COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Research Center: a cornerstone for strengthening safety evidence for COVID-19 vaccination in the Republic of Korea [PDF]
Osong Public Health and Research PerspectivesThe COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Research Committee (CoVaSC) was established in November 2021 to address the growing need for independent, in-depth scientific evidence on adverse events (AEs) following coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination.
Na-Young Jeong +14 more
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Evaluation of self-administered antigen testing in a college setting
Virology Journal, 2022 Background The objective of our investigation was to better understand barriers to implementation of self-administered antigen screening testing for SARS-CoV-2 at institutions of higher education (IHE).
Sarah C. Tinker +21 more
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Infectious Disease Reports, 2022 Background: The development of vaccines against COVID-19 has greatly altered the natural course of this infection, reducing the disease’s severity and patients’ hospitalization. However, hesitancy against vaccination remains an obstacle in the attempt to
Petros Ioannou +9 more
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