The intersecting pandemics of tuberculosis and COVID-19: population-level and patient-level impact, clinical presentation, and corrective interventions

K Dheda, T Perumal, H Moultrie, R Perumal… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
The global tuberculosis burden remains substantial, with more than 10 million people newly
ill per year. Nevertheless, tuberculosis incidence has slowly declined over the past decade …

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 …

COVID-19 and resilience of healthcare systems in ten countries

C Arsenault, A Gage, MK Kim, NR Kapoor… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Declines in health service use during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic
could have important effects on population health. In this study, we used an interrupted time …

Global, regional, and national burden of stroke and its risk factors, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

VL Feigin, BA Stark, CO Johnson, GA Roth… - The Lancet …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Regularly updated data on stroke and its pathological types, including data on
their incidence, prevalence, mortality, disability, risk factors, and epidemiological trends, are …

The impact of COVID-19 and strategies for mitigation and suppression in low-and middle-income countries

PGT Walker, C Whittaker, OJ Watson, M Baguelin… - Science, 2020 - science.org
The ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic poses a severe threat to
public health worldwide. We combine data on demography, contact patterns, disease …

[HTML][HTML] Potential effects of disruption to HIV programmes in sub-Saharan Africa caused by COVID-19: results from multiple mathematical models

BL Jewell, E Mudimu, J Stover, D Ten Brink… - The lancet HIV, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background The COVID-19 pandemic could lead to disruptions to provision of HIV services
for people living with HIV and those at risk of acquiring HIV in sub-Saharan Africa, where …

The impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on HIV care in 65 South African primary care clinics: an interrupted time series analysis

J Dorward, T Khubone, K Gate, H Ngobese… - The lancet HIV, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on HIV outcomes in low-income and
middle-income countries is poorly described. We aimed to measure the impact of the 2020 …

Disruptions in maternal and child health service utilization during COVID-19: analysis from eight sub-Saharan African countries

G Shapira, T Ahmed, SHP Drouard… - Health policy and …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The coronavirus-19 pandemic and its secondary effects threaten the continuity of essential
health services delivery, which may lead to worsened population health and a protracted …

Tuberculosis and COVID-19 co-infection: description of the global cohort

TB/COVID-19 Global Study Group - European Respiratory …, 2022 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Background Information on tuberculosis (TB) and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is
still limited. The aim of this study was to describe the features of the TB/COVID-19 co …

COVID-19 false dichotomies and a comprehensive review of the evidence regarding public health, COVID-19 symptomatology, SARS-CoV-2 transmission, mask …

K Escandón, AL Rasmussen, II Bogoch… - BMC infectious …, 2021 - Springer
Scientists across disciplines, policymakers, and journalists have voiced frustration at the
unprecedented polarization and misinformation around coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID …