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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, David Ameh, Joseph Lou K. Mogga, Joseph F. Wamala, Olushayo Oluseun Olu   +4 more
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Effects of Risk Perception on Disaster Preparedness Toward Typhoons: An Application of the Extended Theory of Planned Behavior

International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 2022
This study adopted an extended theory of planned behavior to understand how risk perception affected disaster preparedness behavior. An intercept survey (N = 286) was conducted at a typhoon-prone district of Hong Kong, China in 2019, then the data were ...
S. Ng
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What did we learn from preparing for cross-border transmission of Ebola virus disease into a complex humanitarian setting – The Republic of South Sudan?

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, Richard Lako, Joseph Francis Wamala, Patrick Otim Ramadan, Caroline Ryan, Ifeanyi Udenweze, Kibebu Berta, Argata Guracha Guyo, Alex Sokemawu, Michael Tukuru, Henry John Gray, Alex Chimbaru   +11 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, Boniface Oyugi, Paul O. Ouma, Ishata Nannie Conteh, Solomon Fisseha Woldetsadik, Miriam Nanyunja, Joseph Chukwudi Okeibunor, Zabulon Yoti, Abdou Salam Gueye   +8 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 ...
A. Pak, Oyelola A Adegboye, Adeshina I Adekunle, K. Rahman, E. McBryde, D. Eisen   +5 more
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Investigating the Interaction between Negative Strand RNA Viruses and Their Hosts for Enhanced Vaccine Development and Production

Vaccines, 2021
The current pandemic has highlighted the ever-increasing risk of human to human spread of zoonotic pathogens. A number of medically-relevant zoonotic pathogens are negative-strand RNA viruses (NSVs).
Kostlend Mara, Meiling Dai, Aaron M. Brice, Marina R. Alexander, Leon Tribolet, Daniel S. Layton, Andrew G. D. Bean   +6 more
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Disaster preparedness knowledge and its relationship with triage decision-making among hospital and pre-hospital emergency nurses - Ardabil, Iran

BMC Health Services Research, 2022
Background Hospital and pre-hospital emergency nurses are at the forefront of disaster response. Disaster incidents continue to pose a threat to healthcare systems by exposing them to an overwhelming surge of patients.
Islam Azizpour, S. Mehri, Aghil Habibi Soola   +2 more
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Disaster Preparedness Among Nurses in China: A Cross-Sectional Study

Journal of Nursing Research, 2022
Background Increasingly frequent global disasters such as coronavirus disease 2019 pose a threat to human health and life. The World Health Organization has called on countries to formulate detailed plans to prepare for disasters.
Ying Wang, Yu Liu, Mingfeng Yu, Hui Wang, Chaohua Peng, Ping Zhang, Xinying Nian, Qu Jia, Changyan Li   +8 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, Joy Luba Lomole Waya, Sylvester Maleghemi, John Rumunu, David Ameh, Joseph Francis Wamala   +5 more
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In Vitro and In Vivo Characterization of a Pigeon Paramyxovirus Type 1 Isolated from Domestic Pigeons in Victoria, Australia 2011

Viruses, 2021
Significant mortalities of racing pigeons occurred in Australia in late 2011 associated with a pigeon paramyxovirus serotype 1 (PPMV-1) infection. The causative agent, designated APMV-1/pigeon/Australia/3/2011 (P/Aus/3/11), was isolated from diagnostic ...
Songhua Shan, Kerri Bruce, Vittoria Stevens, Frank Y. K. Wong, Jianning Wang, Dayna Johnson, Deborah Middleton, Kim O’Riley, Sam McCullough, David T. Williams, Jemma Bergfeld   +10 more
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