Effectiveness of public health measures in reducing the incidence of covid-19, SARS-CoV-2 transmission, and covid-19 mortality: systematic review and meta-analysis

S Talic, S Shah, H Wild, D Gasevic, A Maharaj, Z Ademi… - bmj, 2021 - bmj.com
Objective To review the evidence on the effectiveness of public health measures in reducing
the incidence of covid-19, SARS-CoV-2 transmission, and covid-19 mortality. Design …

A scoping review of the impacts of COVID-19 physical distancing measures on vulnerable population groups

L Li, A Taeihagh, SY Tan - Nature communications, 2023 - nature.com
Most governments have enacted physical or social distancing measures to control COVID-
19 transmission. Yet little is known about the socio-economic trade-offs of these measures …

The impact of COVID-19 on TB: a review of the data

CF McQuaid, A Vassall, T Cohen… - … of Tuberculosis and …, 2021 - ingentaconnect.com
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, models predicted hundreds of thousands of additional TB
deaths as a result of health service disruption. To date, empirical evidence on the effects of …

[HTML][HTML] The potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the tuberculosis epidemic a modelling analysis

L Cilloni, H Fu, JF Vesga, D Dowdy, C Pretorius… - …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Routine services for tuberculosis (TB) are being disrupted by stringent
lockdowns against the novel SARS-CoV-2 virus. We sought to estimate the potential long …

Access to primary healthcare during lockdown measures for COVID-19 in rural South Africa: an interrupted time series analysis

MJ Siedner, JD Kraemer, MJ Meyer, G Harling… - BMJ open, 2020 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives We evaluated whether implementation of lockdown orders in South Africa
affected ambulatory clinic visitation in rural Kwa-Zulu Natal (KZN). Design Observational …

COVID-19 passenger transport measures and their impacts

R Shortall, N Mouter, B Van Wee - Transport Reviews, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Governments all over the world have had to implement various policy measures in order to
curb the spread of COVID-19, impacting many people's lives and livelihoods. Combinations …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 impacts on household energy & food security in a Kenyan informal settlement: The need for integrated approaches to the SDGs

M Shupler, J Mwitari, A Gohole, RA de Cuevas… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
This longitudinal study presents the joint effects of a COVID-19 community lockdown on
household energy and food security in an informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya. Randomly …

Count the cost of disability caused by COVID-19

A Briggs, A Vassall - 2021 - nature.com
The COVID-19 pandemic is well into its second year, but countries are only beginning to
grapple with the lasting health crisis. In March, a UK consortium reported that 1 in 5 people …

Gendered economic, social and health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and mitigation policies in Kenya: evidence from a prospective cohort survey in Nairobi …

J Pinchoff, K Austrian, N Rajshekhar, T Abuya… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives COVID-19 may spread rapidly in densely populated urban informal settlements.
Kenya swiftly implemented mitigation policies; we assess the economic, social and health …

[HTML][HTML] Rapid review of social contact patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic

CY Liu, J Berlin, MC Kiti, E Del Fava, A Grow… - …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Background: Physical distancing measures aim to reduce person-to-person contact, a key
driver of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission. In …