Impact of COVID-19 on tuberculosis services in India

Gupta, Amitesh; Singla, Rupak; Caminero, José A.; Singla, Neeta; Mrigpuri, Parul

doi:10.5588/ijtld.20.0212

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“…Effects of COVID-19 on TB Notifications, Malawi with initial reports on COVID-19 effects on HIV and TB diagnosis and care from other settings (15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22). However, we show that, after an initial decline, TB CNRs increased and reached near prepandemic levels within 9 months.…”

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“…T uberculosis (TB) is a major killer, causing ≈1.4 million deaths worldwide annually (1), making it second only to coronavirus disease (COVID- 19) as the biggest cause of infectious disease deaths in 2020 (2). In addition to the direct health effects of COVID-19, the secondary effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, including lockdowns, economic turmoil, healthcare worker illness and attrition, overwhelmed health facilities, and fear of healthcare facilities, might affect delivery of health services (3).…”

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Effects of Coronavirus Disease Pandemic on Tuberculosis Notifications, Malawi

Soko¹,

Burke²,

Feasey³

et al. 2021

Emerg. Infect. Dis.

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Effects of Coronavirus Disease Pandemic on Tuberculosis Notifications, Malawi

Soko¹,

Burke²,

Feasey³

et al. 2021

Emerg. Infect. Dis.

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“…It is estimated that each month of disruptions in TB treatment in India could cause an additional 40,000 TB deaths over the next five years (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, 2020; Stop TB Partnership, 2020). Additionally, TB patients, who received intermittent treatment during pandemic, are at increased risk of developing drug resistant disease in the coming years that costs 10 to 100 times more to treat a patient (Gupta et al, 2020). The widespread fear amongst patients and delay in seeking care, also led to psychological distress and potential evolution of mental health issues (Sahoo et al, 2020).…”

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Building Resilient Health Systems: Patient Safety during COVID-19 and Lessons for the Future

Narwal

Jain

2021

Journal of Health Management

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Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly impacted the country’s health systems and diminished its capability to provide safe and effective healthcare. This article attempts to review patient safety issues during COVID-19 pandemic in India, and derive lessons from national and international experiences to inform policy actions for building a ‘resilient health system’. Methods: Systematic review of existing published articles, government and media reports was undertaken. Online databases were searched using key terms related to patient safety during COVID-19 and health systems resilience. Seventy-three papers were included dependent on their relevance to research objectives. Findings: Patient safety was impacted during COVID-19, owing to sub-optimal infection prevention and control measures coupled with reduced access to essential health services. This was largely due to inadequate infrastructure, human and material resources resulting from chronic underinvestment in public health systems, paucity of reliable data for evidence-based actions and limited leadership and regulatory capacity. Conclusions: India’s health systems were found ill prepared to tackle large-scale pandemic, which has major implications for patient safety. The shortcomings observed in the COVID-19 response must be rectified and comprehensive health sector reforms should be initiated for building agile and resilient health systems that can withstand future pandemics.

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“…Herein, we describe our experience in transforming a general healthcare facility to a dedicated infectious disease setup in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. A brief overview of the health care infrastructure in India and response to the current pandemic is outlined in Table 1 (10)(11)(12)(13).…”

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Transforming a General Hospital to an Infectious Disease Hospital for COVID-19 Over 2 Weeks

Pandey

Kaushal

Puri

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Front. Public Health

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Pandemics like the coronavirus disease (COVID)-19 can cause a significant strain on the healthcare system. Healthcare organizations must be ready with their contingency plans for managing many patients with contagious infectious disease. Ideally, every large hospital should have a facility that can function as a high-level isolation unit. An isolation unit ensures that the healthcare staff and the hospital are equipped to deal with infectious disease outbreaks. Unfortunately, such facilities do not exist in several hospitals, especially in resource-limited settings. In such a scenario, healthcare setups need to convert their existing general structure into an infectious disease facility. Herein, we describe our experience in transforming a general hospital into a functional infectious disease isolation unit.

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Impact of COVID-19 on tuberculosis services in India

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Effects of Coronavirus Disease Pandemic on Tuberculosis Notifications, Malawi

Effects of Coronavirus Disease Pandemic on Tuberculosis Notifications, Malawi

Building Resilient Health Systems: Patient Safety during COVID-19 and Lessons for the Future

Transforming a General Hospital to an Infectious Disease Hospital for COVID-19 Over 2 Weeks

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