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Climate Change and Health Preparedness in Africa: Analysing Trends in Six African Countries
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021 Climate change is a global problem, which affects the various geographical regions at different levels. It is also associated with a wide range of human health problems, which pose a burden to health systems, especially in regions such as Africa. Indeed,
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Availability and use of Standards in vaccine development
npj Vaccines, 2023 Reference materials are critical in assay development for calibrating and assessing their suitability. The devasting nature of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent proliferation of vaccine platforms and technologies has meant that there is even a greater
Michael Selorm Avumegah +12 more
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The evolution and future of influenza pandemic preparedness
Experimental and Molecular Medicine, 2021 The influenza virus is a global threat to human health causing unpredictable yet recurring pandemics, the last four emerging over the course of a hundred years.
Walter N Harrington +2 more
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Characterisation and natural progression of SARS-CoV-2 infection in ferrets
Scientific Reports, 2022 Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is responsible for the infectious disease COVID-19, which has rapidly become an international pandemic with significant impact on healthcare systems and the global economy.
Gough G. Au +21 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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A National Survey of Hospital Cyber Attack Emergency Operation Preparedness
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 2023 Objective: Cyberattacks on healthcare systems are increasing in frequency and severity. Hospitals need to integrate cybersecurity preparedness into their emergency operations planning and response to mitigate adverse outcomes during increasingly likely ...
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Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2020 Background Following the West Africa Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak (2013–2016), WHO developed a preparedness checklist for its member states. This checklist is currently being applied for the first time on a large and systematic scale to prepare for
Olushayo Oluseun Olu +11 more
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Economic Consequences of the COVID-19 Outbreak: the Need for Epidemic Preparedness
Frontiers in Public Health, 2020 COVID-19 is not only a global pandemic and public health crisis; it has also severely affected the global economy and financial markets. Significant reductions in income, a rise in unemployment, and disruptions in the transportation, service, and ...
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Disaster preparedness and core competencies among emergency nurses: A cross‐sectional study
Nursing Open, 2022 With the rise in frequency and severity of disasters in recent decades, it is essentially important that nurses must be adequately prepared to handle them.
Zahra Chegini +5 more
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Coordination mechanisms for COVID-19 in the WHO Regional office for Africa
BMC Health Services Research, 2022 Aim This study describes the coordination mechanisms that have been used for management of the COVID 19 pandemic in the WHO AFRO region; relate the patterns of the disease (length of time between onset of coordination and first case; length of the wave ...
Nsenga Ngoy +8 more
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