COVID-19 preparedness: capacity to manufacture vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics in sub-Saharan Africa

B Bright, CP Babalola, NA Sam-Agudu… - Globalization and …, 2021 - Springer
Objective The COVID-19 pandemic is a biosecurity threat, and many resource-rich countries
are stockpiling and/or making plans to secure supplies of vaccine, therapeutics, and …

European Resuscitation Council Guidelines 2021: Ethics of resuscitation and end of life decisions

SD Mentzelopoulos, K Couper, P Van de Voorde… - Resuscitation, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract These European Resuscitation Council Ethics guidelines provide evidence-based
recommendations for the ethical, routine practice of resuscitation and end-of-life care of …

Integrated health service delivery during COVID-19: a scoping review of published evidence from low-income and lower-middle-income countries

MZ Hasan, R Neill, P Das, V Venugopal, D Arora… - BMJ global …, 2021 - gh.bmj.com
Background Integrated health service delivery (IHSD) is a promising approach to improve
health system resilience. However, there is a lack of evidence specific to the low/lower …

Frailty and mortality in hospitalized older adults with COVID-19: retrospective observational study

R De Smet, B Mellaerts, H Vandewinckele… - Journal of the American …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objectives To determine the association between frailty and short-term mortality in older
adults hospitalized for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Design Retrospective single …

US clinicians' experiences and perspectives on resource limitation and patient care during the COVID-19 pandemic

CR Butler, SPY Wong, AG Wightman… - JAMA network …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Little is known about how US clinicians have responded to resource limitation
during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Objective To describe the …

[HTML][HTML] Long COVID and health inequities: the role of primary care

Z Berger, VA De Jesus, SA Assoumou… - The Milbank …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The pandemic has highlighted and exacerbated health inequities in both acute coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) and its longer-term sequelae. 1–4 Symptoms of COVID-19 persist …

AGS position statement: resource allocation strategies and age‐related considerations in the COVID‐19 era and beyond

TW Farrell, LE Ferrante, T Brown… - Journal of the …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) continues to impact older adults disproportionately,
from severe illness and hospitalization to increased mortality risk. Concurrently, concerns …

Unequal impact of structural health determinants and comorbidity on COVID-19 severity and lethality in older Mexican adults: considerations beyond chronological …

OY Bello-Chavolla, A González-Díaz… - The Journals of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background COVID-19 has had a disproportionate impact on older adults. Mexico's
population is younger, yet COVID-19's impact on older adults is comparable to countries …

COVID‐19 is not over and age is not enough: using frailty for prognostication in hospitalized patients

MJR Aliberti, C Szlejf, VI Avelino‐Silva… - Journal of the …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Frailty screening using the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) has been proposed to
guide resource allocation in acute care settings during the pandemic. However, the …

Exploring the intersection of structural racism and ageism in healthcare

TW Farrell, WW Hung, KT Unroe… - Journal of the …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) has consistently advocated for a healthcare
system that meets the needs of older adults, including addressing impacts of ageism in …