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Indigenous peoples and pandemics [PDF]

, 2022
In addition to posing a major threat to global health, pandemics impact economic activity, as witnessed during the spread of COVID-19 around the globe. The disease risks, however, are not uniform for major pandemic threats.
Battles, Heather, Baker, Michael G., Wissler, Amanda, Dahal, Sushma, Short, Kirsty Renfree, Mølbak, Mathias, Van Doren, Taylor P, Heffernan, Courtney, Van Doren, Taylor Paskoff, Sattenspiel, Lisa, Tripp, Lianne, Mamelund, Svenn-Erik, Van Doren, Taylor P., Baker, Michael, Chowell, Gerardo, Chowell-Puente, Gerardo, Simonsen, Lone, Alves, Daniele E., Alves, Daniele E, Baker, Michael G, Alves, Daniele Evelin, Noymer, Andrew, Dimka, Jessica, Ørskov, Søren, Ingholt, Mathias Mølbak, Renfree Short, Kirsty   +25 more
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EPICORE: AN INNOVATIVE GLOBAL DISEASE SURVEILLANCE TOOL FOR HUMAN, ANIMAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH EVENTS

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2023
Intro: EpiCore was launched in 2013 and is a tool designed to supplement traditional infectious disease surveillance efforts by bringing together human, animal, and environmental experts on a digital platform to provide field-based verification efforts ...
M. Schultheiss, K. Sewalk, J. Montero, M. Libel, N. Divi, J. Brownstein   +5 more
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Slums and Pandemics

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2020
How do slums shape the economic and health dynamics of pandemics? A difference-in-differences analysis using millions of mobile phones in Brazil shows that residents of overcrowded slums engaged in less social distancing after the outbreak of Covid-19. We develop and calibrate a choice-theoretic equilibrium model in which individuals are heterogeneous ...
Luiz Brotherhood, Tiago Cavalcanti, Daniel Da Mata, Cezar Santos   +3 more
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Violence and Abuse: A Pandemic Within a Pandemic

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2023
During the COVID-19 pandemic, as society struggled with increasing disease burden, economic hardships, and with disease morbidity and mortality, governments and institutions began implementing stay-at-home or shelter-in-place orders to help stop the spread of the virus.
Whiteman, Paula J., Macias-Konstantopoulos, Wendy L., Relan, Pryanka, Knopov, Anita, Ranney, Megan L., Riviello, MD, MS, Ralph J   +5 more
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Indigenous communities and influenza: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis

Systematic Reviews, 2023
Background Several studies have documented that specific Indigenous groups have been disproportionately affected by previous pandemics. The objective of this paper is to describe the protocol to be used in a review and meta-analysis of the literature on ...
D. E. Alves, O. Rogeberg, L. Sattenspiel, S. Mamelund   +3 more
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Pandemics and populations [PDF]

The European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health Care, 2020
2020 was the year of the COVID-19 pandemic, which overshadowed all other global challenges we face.
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COVID-19 vaccination and infection among people with self-reported chronic health conditions and disabilities vs. people without medical risk factors in a survey sample from Oslo

Vaccine: X, 2023
People with disabilities and chronic health conditions are at higher risk of poor outcomes to COVID-19, yet may have lower rates of vaccination due to differences in prioritization strategies, accessibility issues, vaccine hesitancy, and other factors ...
Jessica Dimka
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Predicting COVID-19 exposure risk perception using machine learning

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background Self-perceived exposure risk determines the likelihood of COVID-19 preventive measure compliance to a large extent and is among the most important predictors of mental health problems.
Nan Zou Bakkeli
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Review article: Impact of pandemics on rural emergency departments: A scoping review

, 2022
Pandemics can cause much distress to communities and present a major burden to the resources and functioning of hospitals. This scoping review aimed to identify, evaluate and summarise current literature regarding how pandemics impact rural EDs in terms ...
Julia Crilly, Crilly, Julia, Amber Barnes, Barnes, Amber   +3 more
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BNT162b2 vaccination effectively prevents the rapid rise of SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.7 in high-risk populations in Israel

Cell Reports Medicine, 2021
Summary: Since the emergence of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, various genetic variants have been described. The B.1.1.7 variant, which emerged in England during December 2020, is associated with increased infectivity.
Ariel Munitz, Matan Yechezkel, Yoav Dickstein, Dan Yamin, Motti Gerlic   +4 more
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