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AUTHOR(S) Evelyn Thsehla; Adam Balusik; Micheal Kofi Boachie (et al.)
The unfinished burden of poor maternal and child health contributes to the quadruple burden of disease in South Africa with the direct and indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic yet to be fully documented. This study aimed to investigate the indirect effects of COVID-19 on maternal and child health in different geographical regions and relative wealth quintiles. It estimated the effects of COVID-19 on maternal and child health from April 2020 to June 2021. It estimated this by calculating mean changes across facilities, relative wealth index (RWI) quintiles, geographical areas and provinces. To account for confounding by underlying seasonal or linear trends, we subsequently fitted a segmented fixed effect panel model.
AUTHOR(S) Luis E. Fernández-Álvarez; Alejandro Carriedo; María Sánchez-Zafra (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Kamleshie Mohangi
AUTHOR(S) Baldreck Chipangura; Gustave Dtendjo-Ndjindja
AUTHOR(S) Roda Madziva; Innocent Mahiya; Chamunogwa Nyoni
AUTHOR(S) Rujeko Samanthia Chimukuche; Busisiwe Nkosi; Janet Seeley
AUTHOR(S) Samantha Kriger; Cyrill Walters; Armand Bam (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Asandile Mathamo; Kimesh L. Naidoo; Jienchi Dorward (et al.)
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic poses challenges to paediatric and adolescent HIV treatment programme. Modelling exercises raised concerns over potential impact of disruptions. This study aimed to describe the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on viral load (VL) testing among infants, children and adolescents on antiretroviral treatment (ART) in Durban, South Africa. Routinely collected, aggregated data of monthly VL counts done on all those less than 19 years old from January 2018 to January 2022 was analysed. An interrupted time series analysis using a Prais-Winsten linear regression model, including terms for lockdowns and excess mortality determined VL trends.
AUTHOR(S) Segun Emmanuel Adewoye
AUTHOR(S) Jace Pillay
AUTHOR(S) Olufunke A. Alaba; Charles Hongoro; Aquina Thulare (et al.)
Child hunger has long-term and short-term consequences, as starving children are at risk of many forms of malnutrition, including wasting, stunting, obesity and micronutrient deficiencies. The purpose of this paper is to show that the child hunger and socio-economic inequality in South Africa increased during her COVID-19 pandemic due to various lockdown regulations that have affected the economic status of the population. This paper uses the National Income Dynamics Study-Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey (NIDS-CRAM WAVES 1–5) collected in South Africa during the intense COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 to assess the socioeconomic impacts of child hunger rated inequalities. First, child hunger was determined by a composite index calculated by the authors. Descriptive statistics were then shown for the investigated variables in a multiple logistic regression model to identify significant risk factors of child hunger. Additionally, the decomposable Erreygers' concentration index was used to measure socioeconomic inequalities on child hunger in South Africa during the Covid-19 pandemic.
AUTHOR(S) Yulia Shenderovich; Hlengiwe Sacolo-Gwebu; Zuyi Fang (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Jane Kelly; Lesley Gittings; Christina Laurenzi (et al.)
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