scholarly journals A cross-sectional study for determining the perception and preferences of immunity boosters for protection against COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (10) ◽  
pp. 1498
Author(s):  
Dhairya P. Nanavaty ◽  
Ankushi A. Sanghvi ◽  
Manav S. Mehta ◽  
Sarbari Gupta ◽  
Gurusharan Dumra
Keyword(s):  
Family Doctor ◽  
Drug Market ◽  
World Health Organisation ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
World Health ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
Source Of Information

Background: The World Health Organisation declared the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak as a global pandemic on March 11, 2020.  The consumption of vitamins, especially C, D, and zinc, hydroxychloroquine, and Arsenicum album 30 (homeopathy), has increased tremendously. However, the clinical trial showing the benefits of these agents is still underway though there have been a lot of discussion about these in print, electronic, and social media.Method: A questionnaire-based observational study was conducted. The participants were inquired about the use of any type of immunity booster by them and the source of information regarding the same. The data was analysed using Excel and Python.Results: Our study included 1147 participants. A dramatic increase of 21.97% in the consumption of immunity-boosting agents after the COVID-19 outbreak was observed, maximally in Ayurveda. The major source of information for immunity-boosters was provided by friends/family/relatives (50.4%). 52.7% of the respondents selected Ayurveda as their preferred choice of immunity booster (prophylaxis). If the respondents were to develop any of the COVID-19 symptoms, the majority (45.1%) decided to contact their family doctor, and 53.7% chose Allopathy as their preferred system for treatment. 91.5% of the respondents agreed to take a vaccine if it develops.Conclusion: There has been a boom in the immunity booster drug market because people are selecting immunity boosters despite no scientific background. It is imperative to educate people regarding the same and also conduct research studies to find benefits, if any.

scholarly journals Changes in Mental Health of Women Undergoing Assisted Reproductive Technology Treatment During the COVID-19 Pandemic Outbreak in Xi'an, China

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pengfei Qu ◽  
Doudou Zhao ◽  
Peng Jia ◽  
Shaonong Dang ◽  
Wenhao Shi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Assisted Reproductive Technology ◽  
Control Period ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Reproductive Technology ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Outbreak Period ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Novel Coronavirus

Objective: To investigate the mental health of women undergoing assisted reproductive technology (ART) treatment during the novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) pandemic outbreak in Xi'an, China.Methods: A repeated cross-sectional study was administered to women undergoing ART treatment during the outbreak period (599 women in February 2020) and the control period (892 women in May 2020) at the Northwest Women's and Children's Hospital, Xi'an, China.Results: Both the ART-treated women surveyed during the outbreak period and those surveyed during the control period had high scores on the fear dimension (0.88, 0.51). The total scores for mental health among the participants during the control period were lower than those during the outbreak period (difference = −0.22; 95% CI = −0.25, −0.18). Lower scores were also seen during the control period, compared to those in the outbreak period, for depression (difference = −0.18; 95% CI = −0.23, −0.13), neurasthenia (difference = −0.31; 95% CI = −0.36, −0.25), fear (difference = −0.37; 95% CI = −0.43, −0.31), compulsion anxiety (difference = −0.13; 95% CI = −0.16, −0.09), and hypochondriasis (difference = −0.09; 95% CI = −0.12, −0.06).Conclusions: During the COVID-19 global pandemic, the mental health of women undergoing ART treatment in Xi'an, China, was primarily manifested as fear. As the pandemic was brought under control, the mental health of ART-treated women improved. As evidenced by these results, the COVID-19 pandemic influences the mental health of women undergoing ART treatment, and clinicians should be aware of this for similar future situations.

scholarly journals The potential impact of COVID 19 on poor and conflict-ridden communities in Sub-Sahara Africa (SSA): A conceptual paper

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-132
Author(s):  
Mathew Nyashanu ◽  
Tistsi Tsopotsa ◽  
Scovia Nalugo Mbalinda ◽  
Gemma North ◽  
Maureen Mguni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Policy Development ◽  
World Health Organisation ◽  
World Health ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Public Health Professionals ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Potential Impact ◽  
Wu Zhao ◽  
Future Policy ◽  
Novel Coronavirus

The first cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), previously known as 2019-nCoV, were reported in late December 2019 in Wuhan, China (Wu, Zhao, Yu B, et al 2020). The virus then spread to Malaysia and Thailand and eventually to the Americas, Europe, Australia and Africa. On the 11thof March 2020 the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the COVID-19 a global pandemic. This concept paper  explores the potential impact of COVID-19 on poverty stricken and conflict-ridden communities in Sub-Sahara Africa. In doing so, the paper also explored the implications for public health professionals working with these communities, including recommendation for future policy development.

scholarly journals The Socio-Economic Ramifications of the Covid-19 Pandemic: The Case of Ghana

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richmond Sam Quarm ◽  
Rosemond Sam-Quarm ◽  
Richmond Sam-Quarm
Keyword(s):  
Rational Choice Theory ◽  
Choice Theory ◽  
Respiratory Illness ◽  
World Health Organisation ◽  
World Health ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government ◽  
Novel Coronavirus

The novel, dreaded, disruptive, and disastrous Covid-19 pandemic took the world by storm in January, 2020. The Covid-19 pandemic in Ghana is part of the worldwide coronavirus disease caused by “severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS-CoV-2)”. On 12th January, 2020 the World Health Organisation (WHO) confirmed that the novel coronavirus was the cause of a respiratory illness that affected a cluster of people in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China. This was reported to the WHO on 31st December, 2019. On 11th March, 2020, WHO declared the novel Covid-19 a global pandemic (Graphic Online, 2020a). It is worthy to note how the Government of Ghana, political parties, citizens, scientists and academia, corporate entities, faith based organisations, traditional rulers, have offered varied forms of interventions to combat the scourge. The Theoretical Framework of this research was underpinned by the Theory of Epidemics, the Agency Theory, the Rational Choice Theory, and the Stakeholder Theory. We conducted a cross-sectional research through non-probability and purposive sampling with 250 respondents. We also employed face-to-face interviews, structured closed-ended and open-ended Questionnaires (Braun and Clarke, 2012; Denzin, 2017), which were administered online through email application via Google Forms. One of our major findings was that with the approval of Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine by the UK’s MHRA on 1st December, 2020 (Graphic Online, 2020b); and subsequently by the US FDA a week later on 8th December, 2020 (Graphic Online, 2020c), all governments around the globe in general, but Africa in particular, must make conscious efforts backed by adequate budgetary allocations to secure maximum quantities of the vaccines for their vulnerable teeming population.

scholarly journals The knowledge and practice towards COVID-19 pandemic prevention among residents of Ethiopia: An Online Cross-Sectional Study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Bekele ◽  
Tadesse Tolossa ◽  
Reta Tsegaye ◽  
Wondesen Teshome
Keyword(s):  
Social Distance ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Hand Washing ◽  
World Health ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
Health Organization

AbstractBackgroundThe Novel coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) is now the international concerns and a pandemic, since the World Health Organization declared as the outbreaks. The objective of this study to assess the prevention knowledge and practices towards the COVID-19 among the residents of Ethiopia.MethodsAn online cross-sectional study was conducted among the sample of Ethiopian residents via social platforms of the author’s network with the popular media such as Facebook, in Ethiopia from the April 15-22, 2020 and successfully recruited 341 responses. The snowball sampling was employed to recruit the participants. The data were analyzed using STATA version 14. Descriptive statistics were used to summarize the level of knowledge and practices.ResultsThe majority of the respondents (80.35%) were male. The overall prevention knowledge of the participants towards the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) was high. About 91.2% of the participant was heard about the novel coronavirus disease and Social Medias’ were the main source of the information. About 90% of the participants had a good prevention knowledge of maintaining social distance and frequent hand washing. The practices of the participants towards the COVID-19 prevention were very low. Out of 341 participants, only 61% and 84% of the participants were practicing social distance and frequent hand washing, respectively.ConclusionsMajority of the participants had knew the ways of protecting themselves from the novel coronavirus. But, there was deficiencies of changing these prevention knowledge to practice. This indicates that there was gap between knowledge and implementation of prevention strategies in the community. The concerned body should focus on providing education for the community regarding the implementation of the prevention knowledge to practice.

scholarly journals The Socio-Economic Ramifications of the Covid-19 Pandemic: The Case of Ghana

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richmond Sam Quarm ◽  
Rosemond Sam-Quarm ◽  
Richmond Sam-Quarm
Keyword(s):  
Rational Choice Theory ◽  
Choice Theory ◽  
Respiratory Illness ◽  
World Health Organisation ◽  
World Health ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government ◽  
Novel Coronavirus

The novel, dreaded, disruptive, and disastrous Covid-19 pandemic took the world by storm in January, 2020. The Covid-19 pandemic in Ghana is part of the worldwide coronavirus disease caused by “severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS-CoV-2)”. On 12th January, 2020 the World Health Organisation (WHO) confirmed that the novel coronavirus was the cause of a respiratory illness that affected a cluster of people in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China. This was reported to the WHO on 31st December, 2019. On 11th March, 2020, WHO declared the novel Covid-19 a global pandemic (Graphic Online, 2020a). It is worthy to note how the Government of Ghana, political parties, citizens, scientists and academia, corporate entities, faith based organisations, traditional rulers, have offered varied forms of interventions to combat the scourge. The Theoretical Framework of this research was underpinned by the Theory of Epidemics, the Agency Theory, the Rational Choice Theory, and the Stakeholder Theory. We conducted a cross-sectional research through non-probability and purposive sampling with 250 respondents. We also employed face-to-face interviews, structured closed-ended and open-ended Questionnaires (Braun and Clarke, 2012; Denzin, 2017), which were administered online through email application via Google Forms. One of our major findings was that with the approval of Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine by the UK’s MHRA on 1st December, 2020 (Graphic Online, 2020b); and subsequently by the US FDA a week later on 8th December, 2020 (Graphic Online, 2020c), all governments around the globe in general, but Africa in particular, must make conscious efforts backed by adequate budgetary allocations to secure maximum quantities of the vaccines for their vulnerable teeming population.

scholarly journals The Socio-Economic Ramifications of the Covid-19 Pandemic: The Case of Ghana

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Richmond Sam Quarm ◽  
◽  
Rosemond Sam-Quarm ◽  
Richmond Sam-Quarm ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rational Choice Theory ◽  
Choice Theory ◽  
Respiratory Illness ◽  
World Health Organisation ◽  
World Health ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government ◽  
Novel Coronavirus

The novel, dreaded, disruptive, and disastrous Covid-19 pandemic took the world by storm in January, 2020. The Covid-19 pandemic in Ghana is part of the worldwide coronavirus disease caused by “severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS-CoV-2)”. On 12th January, 2020 the World Health Organisation (WHO) confirmed that the novel coronavirus was the cause of a respiratory illness that affected a cluster of people in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China. This was reported to the WHO on 31st December, 2019. On 11th March, 2020, WHO declared the novel Covid-19 a global pandemic (Graphic Online, 2020a). It is worthy to note how the Government of Ghana, political parties, citizens, scientists and academia, corporate entities, faith based organisations, traditional rulers, have offered varied forms of interventions to combat the scourge. The Theoretical Framework of this research was underpinned by the Theory of Epidemics, the Agency Theory, the Rational Choice Theory, and the Stakeholder Theory. We conducted a cross-sectional research through non-probability and purposive sampling with 250 respondents. We also employed face-to-face interviews, structured closed-ended and open-ended Questionnaires (Braun and Clarke, 2012; Denzin, 2017), which were administered online through email application via Google Forms. One of our major findings was that with the approval of Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine by the UK’s MHRA on 1st December, 2020 (Graphic Online, 2020b); and subsequently by the US FDA a week later on 8th December, 2020 (Graphic Online, 2020c), all governments around the globe in general, but Africa in particular, must make conscious efforts backed by adequate budgetary allocations to secure maximum quantities of the vaccines for their vulnerable teeming population.

scholarly journals Pneumomediastinum in a child with severe COVID-19

2020 ◽  
pp. 20200062
Author(s):  
Anne G Carroll ◽  
Nuala Quinn ◽  
Carl Byrne ◽  
Ghadir Kassab ◽  
Siobhan Whelan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Clinical Course ◽  
World Health Organisation ◽  
World Health ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Radiological Findings ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
International Data ◽  
Novel Coronavirus

The current global pandemic of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV2 is a threat to the health and lives of millions of people worldwide. The latest statistics from the World Health Organisation show that there have been 6,515,796 confirmed cases worldwide with 387,298 confirmed deaths (last update 5 June 2020, 10:41 CEST). The majority of critically unwell patients with SARS-CoV2 are adults and the radiological findings associated with them are consistent throughout the literature. However, the reported paediatric cases are few, and as such, there is a limited body of evidence available. More international data is needed, not only on the clinical presentation, but also the radiological findings, so that health-care providers are better able to understand and diagnose this pandemic disease. We describe a case of a previously healthy 9-year-old female who presented to the Emergency Department with symptoms suggestive of raised intracranial pressure. Her CT revealed a medulloblastoma and post-operatively she tested positive for SARS-CoV2. She had a rapid deterioration in her clinical condition and required admission to the intensive care unit (ICU). We provide the supporting radiology along her clinical course in order to demonstrate important insights into this disease in children, including the unusual pnemomediastinum complications which occurred as part of her clinical course. This case is the first reported of its kind.

Jordan’s Public Health and Surveillance Health Policies: During and After COVID-19 (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raeda AlQutob ◽  
Musa Taha Ajlouni ◽  
Mohamed Majed Abu Farraj ◽  
Immanuel Azaad Moonesar
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health System ◽  
Health Financing ◽  
World Health Organisation ◽  
World Health ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Future Health ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Novel Coronavirus

UNSTRUCTURED In contemporary times, the wave of the novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) classified by the World Health Organisation as global pandemic has unravelled systems and processes including health, economic and social. In the case of the Kingdom of Jordan, the COVID-19 crisis illustrated for the need and ability of the policy making institutions and ministries to take many effective policies, initiatives and procedures that were met with marked approval as the opinion polls conducted by government and private institutions showed. The success of these interventions during the crisis calls upon the country’s health system to take advantage of this experience in the next stage of recovery and resilience to develop, maintain its sustainability, as well as the improvement of a number of hubs to assist the Kingdom in facing the challenges resulting from any future health crisis such as epidemics or natural disasters. The viewpoint interventions that are the most paramount given the current situation as public health evidence must inform activities in seven priority health system areas to manage during and after the pandemic includes factors on: (1) governance and management; (2) service delivery and research; (3) human resources; (4) health information systems; (5) technology and medicine; (6) health financing; and (7) citizens, refugees and communities.

scholarly journals Two-week global trends on 2019-nCoV fatality and virulence rates: a cross-sectional study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge Arroz
Keyword(s):  
Time Frame ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
World Health ◽  
Severe Illness ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Fatality Rate ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Global Trends ◽  
Novel Coronavirus

Abstract BackgroundThe recent Public Health Emergency of International Concern, caused by a novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) is fast spreading, and contribution for the increase of knowledge about this outbreak is desired. The aim of this study is to analyse the global trend of 2019-nCoV fatality and virulence rates from 24 January to 06 February 2020.MethodsA cross-sectional study was carried out. Data from 2019-nCoV, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS CoV) were obtained from World Health Organization. Only confirmed cases and deaths directly attributed to these viruses were considered. For 2019-nCoV, severe illness was also considered. Two endpoints of interest were analysed: trends in fatality rate (death among confirmed cases x 100) and virulence rate (severe illness among confirmed cases x 100).ResultsThe 2019-nCoV fatality and virulence rate decreased 1.0 and 7.3 percent points during the analysed time-frame, respectively. The SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV fatality rate are five and 17 times higher than the current 2019-nCoV fatality rate. The current cumulative 2019-nCoV confirmed cases exceeded 3.5 and 11.3 times the SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV confirmed cases, respectivelly.ConclusionsA reduction in fatality and virulence rate associated with the novel coronavirus was observed in the analyzed time-frame. The novel coronavirus is spreading at higher rates than SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV, although with comparative lower fatality rates. Continuous surveillance using additional indicators such as virulence rate (in addition to the fatality rate) may contribute to broaden and deepen the knowledge about the novel coronavirus.

scholarly journals The knowledge and practice towards COVID-19 pandemic prevention among residents of Ethiopia. An online cross-sectional study

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. e0234585
Author(s):  
Daniel Bekele ◽  
Tadesse Tolossa ◽  
Reta Tsegaye ◽  
Wondesen Teshome
Keyword(s):  
Social Distance ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
World Health ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Knowledge And Practice ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
Health Organization

Background The disease from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has been considered as an international concern and a pandemic starting from the declaration of the World Health Organization (WHO) as an outbreak disease. Objective The objective of this study is to assess the prevention of knowledge and practices towards the COVID-19 pandemic among the residents of Ethiopia. Methods An online cross-sectional study was conducted among a sample of Ethiopian residents via social platforms of the author’s network with popular social media such as Facebook, Telegram, and email. The snowball sampling was employed to recruit participants. In doing so, we collected the responses of 341 participants successfully from April 15 to 22, 2020. The collected data were analyzed by STATA version 14 software and descriptive statistics were employed to summarize the knowledge and practices of the community towards the COVID-19 pandemic. Results The majority of respondents 80.5% were male. About 91.2% of the participants heard about the COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover, out of 341 participants 90.0%, 93.8% of them knew that the COVID-19 pandemic was prevented by maintaining social distance and frequent handwashing, respectively. This shows that the prevention knowledge of the participants towards the COVID-19 by maintaining social distance and frequent handwashing was high. However, out of 341 participants only 61%,84% of them practiced social distance and frequent handwashing toward COVID-19, respectively. Conclusions The majority of the participants knew the ways to protect themselves from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), but there was a great problem of changing this prevention knowledge to practices. This shows that there is an action gap between having prevention knowledge of the COVID-19 and implementing it into practices to tackle the spread of the COVID-19 among communities. Therefore, the concerned body should be focused on providing awareness and education for the community regarding the implementation of prevention knowledge to practices.

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