Socioeconomic Impacts of COVID-19 in Four African Countries

Josephson, Anna; Kilic, Talip; Michler, Jeffrey D.

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“…If COVID-19 surges, their situation could rapidly become much worse (Herring et al, 2020). The COVID-19 pandemic and the attempts to limit its spread have also resulted in profound economic impacts, and a significant contraction in the global economy (Josephson, 2020).…”

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Review on socio-economic impacts of ‘Triple Threats’ of COVID-19, desert locusts, and floods in East Africa: Evidence from Ethiopia

Kassegn

Endris

2021

Cogent Social Sciences

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East Africa region is facing an unprecedented triple socioeconomic threat caused by the combined effects of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the upsurge of desert locusts, and recent severe floods. The socioeconomic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic with the massive economic impacts of desert locust, and flooding resulted in devastating implications on livelihood and food security situation in East Africa. The overall objective of this review is to assess and compile the widespread socioeconomic impacts of the three threats in East Africa evidence from Ethiopia. To achieve this objective, in this review, all relevant information were collected through different search engines of PubMed/PMC/Medline, Web of Science, Google Scholar, Scopus, Google, and Science Direct databases. In addition, local media news, reports relevant to the topic from local and national governments, international organizations, and NGOs were used. The review found that the threats do not just have short-term impacts on socioeconomic conditions of the people in the region in general and in Ethiopia in particular, they exacerbate prevailing food insecurity and undermine livelihoods and development gains that took years to build. Restriction measures introduced by governments to contain the spread of Andualem Kassegn ABOUT THE AUTHORS Andualem Kassegn is a full-time lecturer and researcher in the Department of Agricultural Economics, at Woldia University, Ethiopia. He has an MSc degree in Agricultural Economics from Wollo University and a BA degree in Economics from Mekelle University. Currently, he has been teaching several Agricultural Economics courses. His research areas of interest are lie in researching livelihood and income diversifications, impact evaluations, food security, and poverty matters, etc. Ebrahim Endris is a full-time lecturer and researcher in the Department of Agricultural Economics, at Woldia University, Ethiopia. He has an MSc degree in Agricultural Economics from Haramaya University and BSc degree in Agricultural Economics from the same University. Currently, he has been teaching several Agricultural Economics courses. His research areas of interest are lie in researching market analysis, value chain analysis, food security and poverty, livelihood diversifications, impact evaluations, etc. PUBLIC INTEREST STATEMENT This review article explores the triple impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, desert locusts, and floods in East Africa mainly focus on Ethiopia. The review revealed that these threats are currently devastating the socioeconomic situations of millions of people in East Africa in general and in Ethiopia in particular. This review found that the worst affected groups by the threats were smallholder households, children, youths, women, migrants, informal workers, and microsmall and medium-sized enterprises. Therefore, this review article calls interventions of governments, international organizations, stakeholders, NGOs and provides possible suggestions for researchers to research in the future to reduce the short and ...

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Review on socio-economic impacts of ‘Triple Threats’ of COVID-19, desert locusts, and floods in East Africa: Evidence from Ethiopia

Kassegn

Endris

2021

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“…Social and individual values are also greatly affected by the pandemic. 11,12 For instance, social distancing and lockdown due to the pandemic lead to the reduction of social support, social bonds, and social interaction. Therefore, as a result of reduced social interaction, those individuals with pre-existing mental health problems can be more stigmatized or discriminated against, which is a fertile ground for mental health deterioration.…”

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“…Therefore, comprehensive investigation of these factors is mandatory in order to design and implement comprehensive interventions that will reduce the transmission, protect community health, and lessen the mental health effects of the pandemic in Ethiopia. [11][12][13] Africa is predominantly susceptible because 56% of the urban population is concentrated in overcrowded and poorly serviced slum dwellings and only 34% of the households have access to basic handwashing facilities. The majority of Africa's workforce is informally employed, and most cannot work from home.…”

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COVID-19-Induced Anxiety and Associated Factors Among Urban Residents in West Shewa Zone, Central Ethiopia, 2020

Birhanu¹,

Tiki²,

Mekuria³

et al. 2021

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Background: The COVID-19 pandemic affects the public overall psychological status including anxiety. Assessing the perceived risk and preventive behaviors and COVID-19induced anxiety of every individual is crucial to be more effective in handling the outbreak. Purpose: This study intends to determine the status of perceived risk, preventive behavior, and induced anxiety regarding COVID-19 among urban residents in Ethiopia. Methods: In this research a population-based, cross-sectional design was employed among 801 urban residents in West Shewa Zone, Ethiopia from June to October 2020. COVID-19 Induced Anxiety Scale (CIAS) was used, with CIAS score ≥80% taken as having anxiety. A Preventive Behavior towards COVID-19 Scale (PBCS) was used to measure the level of protective behavior. The data were gathered using CS Entry and analyzed with SPSS version 23.0. Basic descriptive analysis was conducted, and binary logistic regression analysis was carried out to determine the predictors associated with anxiety. Results: Most of the study population, 716 (89.4%), had moderate risk perception, and around 497 (62.0%) of them had moderate preventive behavior against the pandemic. The proportion of COVID-19-induced anxiety disorder was found to be 18.1%. The identified predictors associated with COVID-induced anxiety were: being widowed (AOR=3.5; 95% CI: 1.7-7.6), lacking formal education (AOR=1.9; 95% CI: 1.3-3.3), having history of psychoactive substance use (AOR=3.0; 95% CI: 1.6-5.8), high protective behavior (AOR=2.2; 95% CI:1.5-3.3), low perceived risk (OR=3.7; 95% CI: 1.5-12.4), and family history of mental illness (AOR=1.6; 95% CI:0.7-3.8). Conclusion and Recommendation: COVID-19-induced anxiety prevalence was 18.1%. Risk perception regarding COVID was moderate. However, only 38.0% of the population had high preventive behavior against the pandemic. Hence, it is important to provide the continuous public health education necessary to promote preventive measures and minimize risky behaviors. Basic psychosocial help should be also provided for individuals suffering with COVID-19-induced anxiety.

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“…Together, both of these findings suggest that both individual risk mitigation strategies and high rates of compliance with mandated, community NPIs may also contribute to the relatively low rates of COVID-19 cases in Africa as compared to richer countries. Despite the lack of a direct health e↵ect, we also add to the growing evidence that the social and economic consequences of the pandemic were severe, with projections of continued negative e↵ects for some time to come (Erokhin and Gao 2020;Amare et al 2020;Jain et al 2020;Mahmud and Riley 2020;Josephson et al 2020).…”

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Health Knowledge and Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Africa

Fitzpatrick

Beg

Derksen

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Socioeconomic Impacts of COVID-19 in Four African Countries

Cited by 41 publications

References 11 publications

Review on socio-economic impacts of ‘Triple Threats’ of COVID-19, desert locusts, and floods in East Africa: Evidence from Ethiopia

Review on socio-economic impacts of ‘Triple Threats’ of COVID-19, desert locusts, and floods in East Africa: Evidence from Ethiopia

COVID-19-Induced Anxiety and Associated Factors Among Urban Residents in West Shewa Zone, Central Ethiopia, 2020

Health Knowledge and Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Africa

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