Does communicable diseases (including COVID-19) may increase global poverty risk? A cloud on the horizon

MK Anser, Z Yousaf, MA Khan, AA Nassani… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Coronavirus epidemic can push millions of people in poverty. The shortage of healthcare
resources, lack of sanitation, and population compactness leads to an increase in …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 pandemic in Panama: lessons of the unique risks and research opportunities for Latin America

JR Loaiza, K Rao, GA Eskildsen… - … de Salud Pública, 2020 - SciELO Public Health
ABSTRACT The Republic of Panama has the second most unequally distributed wealth in
Central America, has recently entered the list of countries affected by the COVID-19 …

From Ebola to COVID-19: emergency preparedness and response plans and actions in Lagos, Nigeria

A Abayomi, MR Balogun, M Bankole… - Globalization and …, 2021 - Springer
Background Lagos state is the industrial nerve centre of Nigeria and was the epicentre of the
2014 Ebola outbreak in Nigeria as it is now for the current Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) …

Pathway through which COVID-19 exacerbates energy poverty and proposed relief measures

Q Shao - Energy for Sustainable Development, 2023 - Elsevier
Increased residential energy consumption and reduced income caused by the lockdown
measures invoked to combat the COVID-19 pandemic have deepened energy poverty …

The duration of travel impacts the spatial dynamics of infectious diseases

JR Giles, E zu Erbach-Schoenberg, AJ Tatem… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - pnas.org
Humans can impact the spatial transmission dynamics of infectious diseases by introducing
pathogens into susceptible environments. The rate at which this occurs depends in part on …

Mean temperature and drought projections in Central Africa: a population-based study of food insecurity, childhood malnutrition and mortality, and infectious disease

M Hassan, K Saif, MS Ijaz, Z Sarfraz, A Sarfraz… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The Central African Region is an agricultural and fishing-based economy, with 40% of the
population living in rural communities. The negative impacts of climate change have caused …

Trend and enhanced surveillance of Monkeypox during COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria

LK Amao, DI Olatunji, G Igbodo… - Journal of public …, 2022 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Monkeypox (MPX) is a viral zoonosis with lesions like smallpox. Though rare in Nigeria,
sporadic outbreaks have been reported in 17 states since September 2017. Unfortunately …

Towards equitable genomics governance in Africa: guiding principles from theories of global health governance and the African moral theory of Ubuntu

NS Munung, J de Vries, B Pratt - Bioethics, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The post‐genomics era promises a revolution characterized by precision medicine and the
integration of genomics into almost every area of biomedical research. At the same time …

Inequitable access to healthcare in Africa: reconceptualising the “accountability for reasonableness framework” to reflect indigenous principles

SJ Ujewe, WC van Staden - International Journal for Equity in Health, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background The “Accountability for Reasonableness”(A4R) framework has been
widely adopted in working towards equity in health for sub-Saharan Africa (SAA). Its …

Enhancing Governance Performance in Sub-Saharan Africa Can Bolster Climate Mitigation and Food Security

R Du, H Cai, J Xuan, X Wang, M Stevanović… - Ecosystem Health …, 2024 - spj.science.org
The sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) region has experienced substantial population growth over
the past decades, accompanied by severe hunger and environmental degradation …