A systematic review of racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in COVID-19

A Khanijahani, S Iezadi, K Gholipour… - International journal for …, 2021 - Springer
Background Preliminary evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic shows the presence of
health disparities, especially in terms of morbidity and mortality. This study aimed to …

Individuals with obesity and COVID‐19: a global perspective on the epidemiology and biological relationships

BM Popkin, S Du, WD Green, MA Beck… - Obesity …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The linkage of individuals with obesity and COVID‐19 is controversial and lacks systematic
reviews. After a systematic search of the Chinese and English language literature on COVID …

Population risk factors for severe disease and mortality in COVID-19: A global systematic review and meta-analysis

A Booth, AB Reed, S Ponzo, A Yassaee, M Aral… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Aim COVID-19 clinical presentation is heterogeneous, ranging from asymptomatic to severe
cases. While there are a number of early publications relating to risk factors for COVID-19 …

Spatiotemporal pattern of COVID-19 spread in Brazil

MC Castro, S Kim, L Barberia, AF Ribeiro, S Gurzenda… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Brazil has been severely hit by COVID-19, with rapid spatial spread of both cases and
deaths. We used daily data on reported cases and deaths to understand, measure, and …

Effect of socioeconomic inequalities and vulnerabilities on health-system preparedness and response to COVID-19 in Brazil: a comprehensive analysis

R Rocha, R Atun, A Massuda, B Rache… - The Lancet Global …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background COVID-19 spread rapidly in Brazil despite the country's well established health
and social protection systems. Understanding the relationships between health-system …

Ethnic differences in SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19-related hospitalisation, intensive care unit admission, and death in 17 million adults in England: an …

R Mathur, CT Rentsch, CE Morton, WJ Hulme… - The Lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background COVID-19 has disproportionately affected minority ethnic populations in the UK.
Our aim was to quantify ethnic differences in SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 …

SARS-CoV-2 antibody prevalence in Brazil: results from two successive nationwide serological household surveys

PC Hallal, FP Hartwig, BL Horta, MF Silveira… - The Lancet Global …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Population-based data on COVID-19 are essential for guiding policies. There
are few such studies, particularly from low or middle-income countries. Brazil is currently a …

The isolated effect of age on the risk of COVID-19 severe outcomes: a systematic review with meta-analysis

KR Starke, D Reissig, G Petereit-Haack… - BMJ global …, 2021 - gh.bmj.com
Introduction Increased age has been reported to be a factor for COVID-19 severe outcomes.
However, many studies do not consider the age dependency of comorbidities, which …

Governing COVID-19 without government in Brazil: Ignorance, neoliberal authoritarianism, and the collapse of public health leadership

F Ortega, M Orsini - Global public health, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Brazil's governance of the COVID-19 pandemic has been described as nothing short of
tragic by several commentators. President Jair Bolsonaro's dangerous brew of neoliberal …

[HTML][HTML] Racial disparities in COVID-19 pandemic cases, hospitalisations, and deaths: A systematic review and meta-analysis

W Mude, VM Oguoma, T Nyanhanda… - Journal of global …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background People from racial minority groups in western countries experience
disproportionate socioeconomic and structural determinants of health disadvantages. These …