Infectious Diseases of Poverty This study investigates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the prevalence, management, and control of the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in several countries, including Sudan. It highlights the current or prospective impact of COVID-19 on research and development funding for, and execution of, NTD programs. Journal Article
Read MoreBMC Medicine This study – among whose cases is Somalia – finds insufficient evidence globally to identify systematic differences between observed and expected TB treatment outcome probabilities because of COVID-19-associated disruptions. However, it observes larger numbers of treatment failures and deaths on treatment than expected globally. Journal Article
Read MoreCureus This study evaluates the effects of the pandemic on adults’ dietary habits and physical activity in Jazan and compared them to pre-pandemic. Journal Article
Read MoreChild Protection and Practice To investigate the effect of the national lockdown on children’s access to justice in Morocco, this study employs interrupted time series analysis of publicly available court filings (N = 77,335) pertaining to child protection from January 1st to December 31st 2020 spanning the pre-lockdown, lockdown, and post-lockdown periods. Journal Article
Read MoreBMC Infectious Diseases This analysis examines the epidemiological status of COVID-19 in the Taiz governorate between April 2020 and December 2023. Journal Article
Read MoreInternational Journal of Nursing Studies Advances This study examines the challenges faced by ICU nurses in Kuwait during the pandemic, by considering two research questions: “What contributed to intensified pressure for the ICU nurses?” and “How were the nurses affected?”. Journal Article
Read MoreJAMA Network Open This article, reviewing studies on, among others, Qatar, Palestine, Egypt and Morocco, seeks to determine the prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among physicians during the COVID-19 pandemic. It examines variations based on factors, such as sex, age, medical specialty, and career stage. Journal Article
Read MoreEuropean Journal of Medical Health Sciences This study, conducted in Kassala, Sudan, evaluates key hematological, biochemical, and inflammatory markers in confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients. Journal Article
Read MoreInternational Journal of General Medicine This study examines the type and severity of short-term adverse reactions associated with BNT162 (Pfizer-BioNTech), mRNA 1273 (Moderna), and viral vector vaccines and to compare the incidence of post-vaccination Covid-19 infection among the Birzeit University community in Palestine. Journal Article
Read MoreThe Egyptian Journal of Bronchology This article reports on a case of 71-year-old male COVOD-19 patient with pulmonary vein thrombosis, a rare condition with a non-specific presentation and with multiple underlying etiologies. Journal Article
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