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          id: cord-258812-svw6z4bf
      author: Hu, Haifeng
       title: Early prediction and identification for severe patients during the pandemic of COVID-19: A severe COVID-19 risk model constructed by multivariate logistic regression analysis
        date: 2020-09-04
       words: 4422
      flesch: 43
     summary: key: cord-258812-svw6z4bf authors: Hu, Haifeng; Du, Hong; Li, Jing; Wang, Yage; Wu, Xiaoqing; Wang, Chunfu; Zhang, Ye; Zhang, Gufen; Zhao, Yanyan; Kang, Wen; Lian, Jianqi title: Early prediction and identification for severe patients during the pandemic of COVID-19: A severe COVID-19 risk model constructed by multivariate logistic regression analysis date: 2020-09-04 journal: Journal of global health DOI: 10.7189/jogh.10.020510 sha: doc_id: 258812 cord_uid: svw6z4bf BACKGROUND: As an emergent and fulminant infectious disease, Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused a worldwide pandemic. The early identification and timely treatment of severe patients are crucial to reducing the mortality of COVID-19.
    keywords: analysis; covid-19; model; patients; predictors; risk; study; table
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          id: cord-270956-qpe5u43q
      author: Amouzou, Agbessi
       title: National Sample Vital Registration System: A sustainable platform for COVID-19 and other infectious diseases surveillance in low and middle-income countries
        date: 2020-09-24
       words: 963
      flesch: 38
     summary: key: cord-270956-qpe5u43q authors: Amouzou, Agbessi; Kante, Almamy; Macicame, Ivalda; Antonio, Adriano; Gudo, Eduardo; Duce, Pedro; Black, Robert E title: National Sample Vital Registration System: A sustainable platform for COVID-19 and other infectious diseases surveillance in low and middle-income countries date: 2020-09-24 journal: Journal of global health DOI: 10.7189/jogh.10.020368 sha: doc_id: 270956 cord_uid: qpe5u43q nan T he COVID-19 pandemic raises the critical need for effective national surveillance systems, capable of detecting the onset of outbreaks rapidly but also sustainable platforms for mortality and cause of death (CoD) surveillance that allow rapid data collection to address questions during and after epidemics or crises. They are particularly needed in resource-constrained countries where health systems are limited.
    keywords: mortality; svrs; systems
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      author: Sudhir, Amita
       title: A primary care alternative to a hospital-based approach to COVID-19 in India
        date: 2020-08-11
       words: 1757
      flesch: 40
     summary: Photo: use of an oxygen concentrator in primary health care (Basic Healthcare Services https://bhs.org.in). India, however, has the primary care infrastructure to offer a different solution, one that is based in the community, utilising the skills held by primary care providers, and the resources available to them.
    keywords: care; covid-19; hospital; oxygen; patients
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          id: cord-281406-d7g0pbj4
      author: Chen, Yifei
       title: Epidemiological analysis of the early 38 fatalities in Hubei, China, of the coronavirus disease 2019
        date: 2020-04-24
       words: 4403
      flesch: 53
     summary: Data of COVID-19 death cases in Hubei were extracted prospectively from the website of Health Commission of Hubei province [18] and the official Weibo (China' s equivalent of Twitter) account of China Central Television news center [19] , starting from 9 January 2020, when the first deceased patient was reported, through 24 January 2020, when the 38 th was registered. Aside from viral genome studies, researchers also looked into the clinical features and epidemiologic characteristics of COVID-19 cases.
    keywords: cases; china; coronavirus; covid-19; death; disease; patients; symptoms; time
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          id: cord-284128-3obc5k5u
      author: Ahmed, Ali
       title: Concerns of HIV-positive migrant workers in COVID-19 pandemic: A call for action
        date: 2020-09-08
       words: 1455
      flesch: 44
     summary: Some countries, such as Thailand and Spain have ensured equal access to health care for all legal and illegal WHO need to issue advisory to all the countries for timely access of antiretroviral therapy to HIV positive migrants regardless of their legal status. Studies conducted in Australia and Europe respectively show that migrants are behind in fulfilling the UNAIDS 90-90-90 target (a strategy where 90% of HIV patients should be aware of their HIV status, receive sustained antiretroviral therapy and achieve viral suppression by the year 2020) and more prone to being lost to follow-up ART treatment when compared to non-migrant population [11, 12] .
    keywords: covid-19; health; hiv; migrants
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          id: cord-284353-f7zkp9cf
      author: Sheikh, Aziz
       title: Reopening schools after the COVID-19 lockdown
        date: 2020-06-27
       words: 1141
      flesch: 49
     summary: key: cord-284353-f7zkp9cf authors: Sheikh, Aziz; Sheikh, Asiyah; Sheikh, Zakariya; Dhami, Sangeeta title: Reopening schools after the COVID-19 lockdown date: 2020-06-27 journal: Journal of global health DOI: 10.7189/jogh.10.010376 sha: doc_id: 284353 cord_uid: f7zkp9cf nan W ith nationwide school closures currently operating in 191 countries, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has estimated that 1.6 billion (90.2%) students are currently out of primary, secondary and tertiary education (henceforth schools) as a result of the global COVID-19 lockdown A recent systematic review on school closures, which drew primarily on the evidence base from severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), concluded that around 2-4% of COVID-19 deaths could be prevented as a result of school closures [7] .
    keywords: children; covid-19; school
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          id: cord-286958-e1ey31eo
      author: Patel, Urvish
       title: Early epidemiological indicators, outcomes, and interventions of COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review
        date: 2020-08-15
       words: 5040
      flesch: 45
     summary: All studies that compared outcomes of interest in COVID-19 patients were included. Few studies [18, 91] , have reported abnormal liver function in COVID-19 patients, and we found 20% of patients had elevated ALT and AST.
    keywords: cases; cfr; characteristics; china; coronavirus; covid-19; deaths; disease; health; italy; patients; studies; testing
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          id: cord-288352-qt4ugr95
      author: Ajari, Esther Ejiroghene
       title: Assessment of the preparedness of the Ugandan health care system to tackle more COVID-19 cases
        date: 2020-08-18
       words: 1281
      flesch: 56
     summary: Daily Monitor Clinical course and outcomes of critically ill patients with SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia in Wuhan, China: a single-centered, retrospective, observational study Assessment of the current capacity of intensive care units in Uganda; A descriptive study Uganda did not completely neglect its window of opportunity for health care system strengthening, as necessitated by the pandemic. However, it could have done better in upgrading several health care system development metrics in preparedness for the outbreak.
    keywords: care; covid-19; health; system
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          id: cord-288983-a6s9di4g
      author: Su, Sheng-Fang
       title: How Taiwan, a non-WHO member, takes actions in response to COVID-19
        date: 2020-06-17
       words: 1822
      flesch: 45
     summary: Taiwan CDC sent an email to WHO International Health Regulations (IHR): News resources today indicate that at least seven atypical pneumonia cases were reported in Wuhan, China. Taiwan designated 134 response and isolation hospitals, as well as 52 regional hospitals or medical centers for treatment of confirmed cases, to establish the Communicable Disease Control Medical Network (CDCMN)
    keywords: cases; covid-19; health; isolation; quarantine; taiwan
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          id: cord-289520-i6pv90s9
      author: Harris, Carlyn
       title: An evidence-based framework for priority clinical research questions for COVID-19
        date: 2020-03-31
       words: 4709
      flesch: 42
     summary: Three bibliographic databases were searched to identify clinical studies published on SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV in the outbreak setting. Overall, clinical characterisation studies commonly found bilateral involvement with ground glass opacity, though a range of presentations were reported [8] [9] [10] 15] .
    keywords: coronavirus; covid-19; health; mers; novel; outbreak; patients; research; sars; studies
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          id: cord-292898-6m97l2uz
      author: Ríos-Silva, Mónica
       title: COVID-19 mortality among pregnant women in Mexico: A retrospective cohort study
        date: 2020-09-23
       words: 3473
      flesch: 42
     summary: Positive pregnant patients did not have a higher risk of complications (admission to the ICU, pneumonia, or requirement for mechanical ventilation) or death than the controls. In bivariate analysis, pregnant patients with a positive test had a higher risk of death than pregnant patients with a negative test (relative risk (RR) = 3.87, 95% confidence interval (CI)
    keywords: covid-19; death; patients; risk; test; women
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          id: cord-296445-0spqe4r2
      author: Supady, Alexander
       title: Consequences of the coronavirus pandemic for global health research and practice
        date: 2020-06-11
       words: 1072
      flesch: 41
     summary: The availability and the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) and the possibility to wash or sterilize hands regularly need to become routine in global health projects. Technology may also play an increasing role in global health projects -video calls and conferences should be used more often in project planning and team exchange.
    keywords: health; projects; risk
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          id: cord-296803-tde8k4kr
      author: Lundin, Rebecca
       title: Gender-based violence during the COVID-19 pandemic response in Italy
        date: 2020-09-07
       words: 1503
      flesch: 45
     summary: These findings are in keeping with data published by the Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT), indicating a 59% increase in calls to a hotline for GBV victims between 1 March and 16 April 2020 compared to the same period in 2019, with the vast majority of calls (93.2%) made by women with a longterm history of GBV [10] . China, Spain, and the UK have created and widely distributed guidelines for assisting GBV victims during the COVID-19 pandemic, and Chile has developed e-learning courses and counseling materials to prevent GBV
    keywords: covid-19; data; gbv; health; violence; women
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          id: cord-297823-0d3lsjjp
      author: Čivljak, Rok
       title: Earthquake in the time of COVID-19: The story from Croatia (CroVID-20)
        date: 2020-05-02
       words: 1297
      flesch: 50
     summary: [3], making Croatia a country with one of the lowest rates of COVID-19 infection in Europe: 343 cases and 5 deaths per million inhabitants [4]. The Minister of Health issued the decision to proclaim the threat of a COVID-19 epidemic as an administrative measure, which does not indicate the degree of the threat but permits the Minister to mobilize all the resources in the health care system, redeploying ID physicians, other health care workers (HCWs) and equipment, in order to improve the administration of the health care system.
    keywords: covid-19; croatia; health
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      author: Koch, Lionel
       title: Natural outbreaks and bioterrorism: How to deal with the two sides of the same coin?
        date: 2020-08-18
       words: 6210
      flesch: 34
     summary: Over the past ten years, epidemiological and mathematical modelling data were essential for risk characterisation and management during infectious disease outbreaks [92] but ironically, the rising power of AI systems will not erase the role of human experts [93] . The effect of control strategies to reduce social mixing on outcomes of the COVID-19 epidemic in Wuhan, China: a modelling study To what extent does evidence support decision making during infectious disease outbreaks?
    keywords: attack; covid-19; crisis; data; detection; disease; health; management; outbreak; pandemic; response; risk; sars; system; virus
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          id: cord-300022-2wfo6yql
      author: Ammar, Walid
       title: Health system resilience: Lebanon and the Syrian refugee crisis
        date: 2016-12-14
       words: 4812
      flesch: 42
     summary: key: cord-300022-2wfo6yql authors: Ammar, Walid; Kdouh, Ola; Hammoud, Rawan; Hamadeh, Randa; Harb, Hilda; Ammar, Zeina; Atun, Rifat; Christiani, David; Zalloua, Pierre A title: Health system resilience: Lebanon and the Syrian refugee crisis date: 2016-12-14 journal: Journal of global health DOI: 10.7189/jogh.06.020704 sha: doc_id: 300022 cord_uid: 2wfo6yql BACKGROUND: Between 2011 and 2013, the Lebanese population increased by 30% due to the influx of Syrian refugees. While many conceptual frameworks for resilience exist [23] there is no unified definition of health system resilience, or an established method to measure it [24] .
    keywords: care; crisis; health; health system; lebanese; lebanon; public; refugee; resilience; response; system
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          id: cord-300095-a94j7vz4
      author: Chan, Lai Gwen
       title: Mental health and holistic care of migrant workers in Singapore during the COVID-19 pandemic
        date: 2020-08-11
       words: 2292
      flesch: 30
     summary: Specifically, mental health care for this population has been lacking because language and cultural barriers make it challenging for general health care services to incorporate this aspect. This collaboration continues to be active and deepen and ensured that mental health care continues to be a priority.
    keywords: care; covid-19; health; healthserve; information; workers
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      author: Primorac, Dragan
       title: Pre-season football preparation in the era of COVID-19: Croatian Football Association Model
        date: 2020-05-06
       words: 1804
      flesch: 44
     summary: Croatian Football Federation, with its Medical Committee is launching a new model of pre-season systematic examination of football players with a particular emphasis on diagnosing COVID-19. Together with Croatian Football Federation, with its Medical Committee, is launching a new model of pre-season systematic examination of football players with a particular emphasis on diagnosing COVID-19 before returning to training and competitive football.
    keywords: covid-19; football; pandemic; players; training
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      author: Joachim, Clarisse
       title: Modeling the future of cancer registration and research: The Martinique Cancer Data Hub Platform
        date: 2020-09-11
       words: 3263
      flesch: 32
     summary: The objective of the Martinique Cancer Data Hub interactive platform is the achievement of an efficient analysis of health data in the context of public health surveillance and cancer research. Finally, the Korea Cancer Big Data Platform (K-CBP) is a further example of a multidatabase framework that collects clinical, genomic, imaging, and biobank data for cancer research [14] .
    keywords: cancer; data; health; life; martinique; patients; platform; project; quality; research
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          id: cord-306090-i8sriw08
      author: Tan, Zihui
       title: Protecting health care workers in the front line: Innovation in COVID-19 pandemic
        date: 2020-05-15
       words: 1669
      flesch: 48
     summary: The protection of health care workers (HCWs) is vital in continuing patient care in health care systems that are currently challenged by the pandemic, but also important in ensuring they do not spread the virus. The protection of health care workers is vital in continuing patient care in health care systems that are currently challenged by the pandemic, but also important in ensuring they do not spread the virus.
    keywords: care; health; pandemic; patients; testing
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          id: cord-309377-5pusd2pc
      author: Tran, Thi Phuong Thao
       title: Rapid response to the COVID-19 pandemic: Vietnam government’s experience and preliminary success
        date: 2020-07-28
       words: 6425
      flesch: 44
     summary: In March and April, a series of meetings among national senior officers were held to discuss health information and updates, as well as to share experiences on COVID-19 prevention, screening, and treatment across ASEAN countries [92] . Meetings among national senior officers were held in March and April to discuss and share country experiences on COVID-19 prevention, screening and treatment
    keywords: april; cases; control; countries; covid-19; decision; government; health; march; outbreak; pandemic; people; prevention; quarantine; vietnam
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      author: van Empel, Giovanni
       title: Undertesting of COVID-19 in Indonesia: what has gone wrong?
        date: 2020-07-28
       words: 1000
      flesch: 51
     summary: The second category is patients under surveillance which de-Lack of testing capacity is a result of delayed policy response. This raises a lot of questions surrounding the general capacity of COVID-19 testing in Indonesia.
    keywords: health; indonesia; testing
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      author: Muzemil, Abdulazeez
       title: African perspectives: modern complexities of emerging, re-emerging, and endemic zoonoses
        date: 2018-10-25
       words: 1768
      flesch: 33
     summary: Some studies have also suggested that major climate change will influence water resource use, natural resources management and biodiversity, human health, food security, resettlement and infrastructure re-allocation, and desertification Recent review had indicated that endemic infections associated with antimicrobial resistance requires a particular attention because such diseases are linked with approximately 44 to 77% of all annual human deaths in Africa
    keywords: africa; data; diseases; health; human; resistance
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      author: Sham, Lauren
       title: The COVID-19 pandemic and Community Health Workers: An opportunity to maintain delivery of care and education for families of children with epilepsy in Zambia
        date: 2020-10-02
       words: 1430
      flesch: 39
     summary: As requirements for physical distancing have led to restrictions on the availability of health care services, many countries have adapted methods of telemedicine to sustain care access for patients [1] , while making difficult decisions surrounding which aspects of direct clinical care can be deferred and the time span acceptable for delaying chronic medical care Beyond our original goals, this program has provided a unique model of health care access for a chronic medical condition during times of infectious disease outbreaks requiring physical distancing, which is feasible to implement in a developing region where telehealth mechanisms are limited.
    keywords: care; epilepsy; health; program
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          id: cord-313904-745u0si8
      author: Salimi, Rasoul
       title: The COVID-19 outbreak in Iran
        date: 2020-06-11
       words: 1242
      flesch: 54
     summary: The response to COVID-19 outbreak in Iran faces some challenges. All interventions during the outbreak helped to flatten the curve of COVID-19 cases in Iran.
    keywords: covid-19; iran; outbreak
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      author: Mathew, Joseph L.
       title: Etiology of community acquired pneumonia among children in India: prospective, cohort study
        date: 2015-10-21
       words: 4153
      flesch: 41
     summary: Global burden of childhood pneumonia and diarrhoea Epidemiology and etiology of childhood pneumonia in 2010: estimates of incidence, severe morbidity, mortality, underlying risk factors and causative pathogens for 192 countries Global and regional burden of hospital admissions for severe acute lower respiratory infections in young children in 2010: a systematic analysis Global, regional, and national causes of child mortality in 2000-13, with projections to inform post-2015 priorities: an updated systematic analysis Acute respiratory infection and pneumonia in India: a systematic review of literature for advocacy and action: UNICEF-PHFI series on newborn and child health World Health Organization. key: cord-320002-25ivll3q authors: Mathew, Joseph L.; Singhi, Sunit; Ray, Pallab; Hagel, Eva; Saghafian–Hedengren, Shanie; Bansal, Arun; Ygberg, Sofia; Sodhi, Kushaljit Singh; Kumar, B V Ravi; Nilsson, Anna title: Etiology of community acquired pneumonia among children in India: prospective, cohort study date: 2015-10-21 journal: Journal of global health DOI: 10.7189/jogh.05.020418 sha: doc_id: 320002 cord_uid: 25ivll3q BACKGROUND: Childhood community acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a significant problem in developing countries, and confirmation of microbial etiology is important for individual, as well as public health.
    keywords: cap; childhood; children; data; etiology; pathogens; pcr; pneumonia; study
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          id: cord-321800-0h28pg3b
      author: Klingelhöfer, Doris
       title: Coronavirus: An insight into global research until outbreak of COVID-19 and its implications for the future
        date: 2020-09-23
       words: 6123
      flesch: 51
     summary: During this period, the affected nations seem to have created an awareness of the importance of SARS research and the international interest in CoV research that responds to it. The financing of CoV research is also picking up speed.
    keywords: articles; cases; countries; cov; mers; number; publication; research; sars
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          id: cord-326590-ocd9ojnc
      author: Boggio, Andrea
       title: Human rights and global health emergencies preparedness
        date: 2020-04-07
       words: 1157
      flesch: 51
     summary: While the right to health is often invoked in the global health arena -although only to a limited extent in the context of global health preparedness -the links between right to science and global health have received very little attention (with some exceptions in the area of drug-resistant TB policies) Only when cultivated and guaranteed as a human right, science provides the support needed to fight global health emergencies.
    keywords: global; health; rights
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          id: cord-328321-7e37hhia
      author: Olapoju, Olabisi Michael
       title: Estimating transportation role in pandemic diffusion in Nigeria: A consideration of 1918-19 influenza and COVID-19 pandemics
        date: 2020-07-28
       words: 2919
      flesch: 45
     summary: The study notes that seaports and railways, being the emerging transportation modes in the country were significant to the importation and local diffusion of 1918-19 influenza, respectively, while air transport is significant to the importation of the current COVID-19 pandemic. Assessment of 1918-19 influenza and COVID-19 revealed that water transport (ocean and inland waterways) and air transport played significant gateway roles in the importation of the two pandemics.
    keywords: covid-19; diffusion; epidemic; influenza; nigeria; spread; transport
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      author: Huq, Samin
       title: COVID-19 in Bangladesh: Data deficiency to delayed decision
        date: 2020-04-15
       words: 1463
      flesch: 53
     summary: Also, decision making based on the current prevalence of COVID-19 can undermine the Photo: The distribution of positive COVID-19 cases across the districts of Bangladesh (8 April 2020), data source: https://iedcr.gov.bd/. The lack of data has led to unplanned decision making and contributed to skewing global data. issue of the health system preparedness without a careful understanding of the dynamics of COVID-19 evidenced worldwide. Although scarcity of test kits and lack of awareness from the general public certainly contributed to the crisis, Bangladesh is one of the few countries which had more than two months to prepare for COVID-19 crisis.
    keywords: bangladesh; covid-19; health; testing
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          id: cord-331405-1opm5onj
      author: Pessa Valente, Emanuelle
       title: COVID-19 among health workers in Brazil: The silent wave
        date: 2020-06-17
       words: 1050
      flesch: 49
     summary: ber of COVID-19 cases and related deaths among HW, in particular in selected states such as São Paulo and Maranhão, is rapidly increasing [11] . As many states are currently implementing massive rapid test programs, increased numbers of COVID-19 cases among HW are expected in coming weeks.
    keywords: cases; covid-19; data; states
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          id: cord-336409-crkcxpw0
      author: Ganasegeran, Kurubaran
       title: COVID-19 in Malaysia: Crucial measures in critical times
        date: 2020-08-11
       words: 1486
      flesch: 37
     summary: key: cord-336409-crkcxpw0 authors: Ganasegeran, Kurubaran; Ch’ng, Alan Swee Hock; Looi, Irene title: COVID-19 in Malaysia: Crucial measures in critical times date: 2020-08-11 journal: Journal of global health DOI: 10.7189/jogh.10.020333 sha: doc_id: 336409 cord_uid: crkcxpw0 nan M alaysia contracted a high number of COVID-19 positive cases among the Southeast Asian countries. An exponential growth of COVID-19 cases was triggered in the second wave (from February 27, 2020) due to a massive cluster gathering within the state of Selangor [2] .
    keywords: cases; control; covid-19; malaysia; measures
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      author: Moran, Alexander
       title: Learning from tuberculosis: COVID-19 highlights the need for more robust infection control policy
        date: 2020-07-28
       words: 2696
      flesch: 37
     summary: TB is the biggest infectious disease killer globally and, while COVID-19 is a global public health emergency, we must maintain this urgency and momentum for TB IPC after the threat has passed. In the wake of World TB Day and in the context of a rapidly moving pandemic, there is no better resource for high burden TB countries than national TB control programs.
    keywords: africa; control; countries; covid-19; health; ipc
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          id: cord-340663-zylk61ll
      author: Singh, Devendra Raj
       title: The perils of COVID-19 in Nepal: Implications for population health and nutritional status
        date: 2020-06-17
       words: 1686
      flesch: 46
     summary: The major public health challenge for Nepal is the lack of access to health care against the backdrop of weak and inadequate public health infrastructure [8] . This has had a negative impact on health care, severely affecting reproductive, maternal, and child health services and those with chronic health conditions and non-communicable diseases.
    keywords: care; covid-19; food; health; nepal
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          id: cord-343172-9o4p0q0q
      author: Huynh, Toan Luu Duc
       title: The COVID-19 containment in Vietnam: What are we doing?
        date: 2020-04-15
       words: 1352
      flesch: 49
     summary: key: cord-343172-9o4p0q0q authors: Huynh, Toan Luu Duc title: The COVID-19 containment in Vietnam: What are we doing? date: 2020-04-15 journal: Journal of global health DOI: 10.7189/jogh.10.010338 sha: doc_id: 343172 cord_uid: 9o4p0q0q nan T his viewpoint provides an explanation from the public health policies of Vietnamese government to contain the contagious disease with regard to COVID-19 pandemic. A combination of an early lockdown, increase in virality of the health information, encouragement in health declaration, regulation for wearing mask in the public, and country' s unity have been the effective ways to cope with this deadly virus in Vietnam, a developing country, which became the first country to halt the SARS spread successfully in 2003.
    keywords: country; covid-19; health; vietnam
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          id: cord-347535-tgou78o7
      author: Goh, Kah Kheng
       title: Zero confirmed cases: The ways we curb COVID-19 in Taiwanese prisons
        date: 2020-08-23
       words: 1618
      flesch: 46
     summary: Although no additional formal limitations were put on prisoner entry or re-re-entry from prison To minimize the risk of COVID-19 outbreak in Taiwanese prisons, several steps have been taken, including the establishment of the joint planning and central command with CECC, the prevention, control, and risk management among the prisoners, the cooperation and involvement of prison staffs, and the environment sanitizing. to the community, nevertheless, prisoners were encouraged to avoid unnecessary risk of infection. It needs to be fully acknowledged that prison health is an issue of public health.
    keywords: covid-19; health; prison; prisoners; risk
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          id: cord-348743-fy7le3ar
      author: Bellizzi, Saverio
       title: Access to modern methods of contraception in Italy: Will the COVID-19 pandemic be aggravating the issue?
        date: 2020-07-27
       words: 1586
      flesch: 42
     summary: This non-optimal situation is compounded by the largely stigmatizing vision on reproductive health, specifically around abortion and some modern methods of con-Photo: A young Italian couple engaging in discussion about contraception (from Saverio Bellizzi's collection, used with permission). Access to contraception is not just a low-and middleincome countries issue: In the 2019 European Contraception Atlas, Italy ranked just 26th out of the total 46 countries for various reasons such as the very limited provision of free contraception as well as under-resourced and understaffed family planning centers.
    keywords: access; contraception; health; italy; women
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          id: cord-351384-z6t7csg8
      author: Montesó-Curto, Pilar
       title: Coping with the COVID-19 Pandemic in Italy and Spain: Lessons in Response Urgency
        date: 2020-07-28
       words: 1724
      flesch: 62
     summary: Meanwhile, Italy, which was ahead of Spain at the time of infection with COVID-19 and with the harshness of its policies in the face of the great impact of Northern Italy, proposed a confinement. Lessons in response urgency Pilar Montesó-Curto 1 , Laura Sánchez-Montesó 2 , Fabio Stefano Maramao 2 , Loren Toussaint 3 Both the language and the response to the pandemic were more direct and forceful in Italy, as they perceived the focus of Northern Italy as a great threat.
    keywords: covid-19; government; italy; march; spain
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          id: cord-354339-tchu91av
      author: Shahzad, Naeem
       title: Rapid assessment of COVID-19 suspected cases: A community based approach for developing countries like Pakistan
        date: 2020-05-06
       words: 2124
      flesch: 44
     summary: key: cord-354339-tchu91av authors: Shahzad, Naeem; Abid, Irfan; Mirza, Wajahat Javed; Iqbal, Muhammad Mazhar title: Rapid assessment of COVID-19 suspected cases: A community based approach for developing countries like Pakistan date: 2020-05-06 journal: Journal of global health DOI: 10.7189/jogh.10.010353 sha: doc_id: 354339 cord_uid: tchu91av nan T he Coronavirus pandemic started in late December 2019, when an unexplained case of mass pneumonia occurred in Wuhan, China raising concern of the responsible health department of the City. This score card has been designed for low income countries with no or limited testing capabilities of COVID-19 tests.
    keywords: countries; covid-19; health; score; testing
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