The Burden of Communicable Diseases in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries

Atkinson, Kerry; Mabey, David

doi:10.1002/9781119282686.ch1

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“…Nevertheless, as the virus progress to days 10 and 15 since the first case reported, the country differences are predicted mainly by the HDI, and healthcare resources and expenditures. Higher HDI has been generally associated with better health outcomes and better management of infectious diseases in previous years (Atkinson & Mabey, 2019;Quinn & Kumar, 2014). However, the most recent outbreaks of coronaviruses (SARS and MERS) also occurred in countries with very high HDI (Wallinga & Teunis, 2004;Yang et al, 2020).…”

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Country-level factors associated with the early spread of COVID-19 cases at 5, 10 and 15 days since the onset

Allel

Tapia-Muñoz

Morris

2020

Global Public Health

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The COVID-19 pandemic is causing a significant global health crisis. As the disease continues to spread worldwide, little is known about the countrylevel factors affecting the transmission in the early weeks. The present study objective was to explore the country-level factors, including government actions that explain the variation in the cumulative cases of COVID-19 within the first 15 days since the first case reported. Using publicly available sources, country socioeconomic, demographic and health-related risk factors, together with government measures to contain COVID-19 spread, were analysed as predictors of the cumulative number of COVID-19 cases at three time points (t = 5, 10 and 15) since the first case reported (n = 134 countries). Drawing on negative binomial multivariate regression models, HDI, healthcare expenditure and resources, and the variation in the measures taken by the governments, significantly predicted the incidence risk ratios of COVID-19 cases at the three time points. The estimates were robust to different modelling techniques and specifications. Although wealthier countries have elevated human development and healthcare capacity in respect to their counterparts (low-and middle-income countries) the early implementation of effective and incremental measures taken by the governments are crucial to controlling the spread of COVID-19 in the early weeks.

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Country-level factors associated with the early spread of COVID-19 cases at 5, 10 and 15 days since the onset

Allel

Tapia-Muñoz

Morris

2020

Global Public Health

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“…Low-resource settings (LRS) disproportionately carry the burden of infectious disease. 1 Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) affect millions of people per year and constitute a global health crisis. 2 80% of new STI cases take place in low-resource settings (LRS), which lack the facilities, trained personnel, and money to carry out many laboratory-based STI tests.…”

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“…Low-resource settings (LRS) disproportionately carry the burden of infectious disease . Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) affect millions of people per year and constitute a global health crisis .…”

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Electrochemical Strategy for Low-Cost Viral Detection

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Sexually transmitted infections, including the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and the human papillomavirus (HPV), disproportionally impact those in low-resource settings. Early diagnosis is essential for managing HIV. Similarly, HPV causes nearly all cases of cervical cancer, the majority (90%) of which occur in low-resource settings. Importantly, infection with HPV is six times more likely to progress to cervical cancer in women who are HIV-positive. An inexpensive, adaptable point-of-care test for viral infections would make screening for these viruses more accessible to a broader set of the population. Here, we report a novel, cost-effective electrochemical platform using gold leaf electrodes to detect clinically relevant viral loads. We have combined this platform with loop-mediated isothermal amplification and a CRISPR-based recognition assay to detect HPV. Lower limits of detection were demonstrated down to 10 4 total copies of input nucleic acids, which is a clinically relevant viral load for HPV DNA. Further, proof-of-concept experiments with cervical swab samples, extracted using standard extraction protocols, demonstrated that the strategy is extendable to complex human samples. This adaptable technology could be applied to detect any viral infection rapidly and cost-effectively.

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“…The association between HIV and middle ear pathologies is concerning, given that HIV is a pandemic and presents a high burden of disease in LMICs (Atkinson & Mabey 2019;. Recent reports indicate that approximately 40 million people are living with HIV worldwide, of which a majority of the cases come from LMICs such as South Africa (UNAIDS 2020).…”

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Social determinants of health in non-communicable diseases prevention policies in South Africa

Rasesemola¹,

Mmusi-Phetoe²,

Havenga³

2023

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Peer review declarationThe publisher (AOSIS) endorses the South African 'National Scholarly Book Publishers Forum Best Practice for Peer Review of Scholarly Books'. The manuscript underwent an evaluation to compare the level of originality with other published works and was subjected to rigorous two-step peer review before publication, with the identities of the reviewers not revealed to the editor(s) or author(s). The reviewers were independent of the publisher, editor(s), and author(s). The publisher shared feedback on the similarity report and the reviewers' inputs with the manuscript's editor(s) or author(s) to improve the manuscript. Where the reviewers recommended revision and improvements, the editor(s) or author(s) responded adequately to such recommendations. The reviewers commented positively on the scholarly merits of the manuscript and recommended that the book be published.

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The Burden of Communicable Diseases in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries

Cited by 11 publications

References 15 publications

Country-level factors associated with the early spread of COVID-19 cases at 5, 10 and 15 days since the onset

Country-level factors associated with the early spread of COVID-19 cases at 5, 10 and 15 days since the onset

Electrochemical Strategy for Low-Cost Viral Detection

Social determinants of health in non-communicable diseases prevention policies in South Africa

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