Author Archives: davidrcurry

Cross-country evidence on the role of national governance in boosting COVID-19 vaccination

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BMC Public Health
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(Accessed 26 Mar 2022)

 

Cross-country evidence on the role of national governance in boosting COVID-19 vaccination
Frequent mutations of the COVID-19 virus, such as the Delta and Omicron variants, have prolonged the pandemic. Rich countries have approved the booster shots (3rd doses) of vaccine, but this causes further delay …
Authors: Takeshi Aida and Masahiro Shoji
Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:576
Content type: Research Published on: 23 March 2022

Willingness and uptake of the COVID-19 testing and vaccination in urban China during the low-risk period: a cross-sectional study

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Willingness and uptake of the COVID-19 testing and vaccination in urban China during the low-risk period: a cross-sectional study
Regular testing and vaccination are effective measures to mitigate the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Evidence on the willingness and uptake of the COVID-19 testing is scarce, and the willingness and uptake of vac…
Authors: Suhang Song, Shujie Zang, Liubing Gong, Cuilin Xu, Leesa Lin, Mark R. Francis and Zhiyuan Hou
Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:556
Content type: Research Published on: 21 March 2022

Advocating for evidence-informed decisions to make healthcare fit for each person

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BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine
April 2022 – Volume 27 – 2
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Editorial
Advocating for evidence-informed decisions to make healthcare fit for each person (10 March, 2022)
Juan Victor Ariel Franco, Kerry Dwan, Luis Ignacio Garegnani, Marleen Kunneman, Eva Madrid, Maria-Inti Metzendorf, Nicolás Meza, David Nunan, Georgia C Richards, Paula Riganti, Areti Angeliki Veroniki

Tools for assessing the scalability of innovations in health: a systematic review

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Health Research Policy and Systems
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[Accessed 26 Mar 2022]

 

Tools for assessing the scalability of innovations in health: a systematic review
The last decade has seen growing interest in scaling up of innovations to strengthen healthcare systems. However, the lack of appropriate methods for determining their potential for scale-up is an unfortunate …
Authors: Ali Ben Charif, Hervé Tchala Vignon Zomahoun, Amédé Gogovor, Mamane Abdoulaye Samri, José Massougbodji, Luke Wolfenden, Jenny Ploeg, Merrick Zwarenstein, Andrew J. Milat, Nathalie Rheault, Youssoufa M. Ousseine, Jennifer Salerno, Maureen Markle-Reid and France Légaré
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2022 20:34
Content type: Review Published on: 24 March 2022

Using qualitative research to develop an elaboration of the TIDieR checklist for interventions to enhance vaccination communication: short report

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Health Research Policy and Systems
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[Accessed 26 Mar 2022]

 

Using qualitative research to develop an elaboration of the TIDieR checklist for interventions to enhance vaccination communication: short report
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an increased interest in communication with the public regarding vaccination. Our recent Cochrane qualitative evidence synthesis points to several factors that could influence …
Authors: Claire Glenton, Benedicte Carlsen, Brita Askeland Winje, Renske Eilers, Manuela Dominique Wennekes, Tammy C. Hoffmann and Simon Lewin
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2022 20:31
Content type: Research Published on: 19 March 2022

Association of Homologous and Heterologous Vaccine Boosters With COVID-19 Incidence and Severity in Singapore

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JAMA
March 22/29, 2022, Vol 327, No. 12, Pages 1109-1194
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Research Letter
Association of Homologous and Heterologous Vaccine Boosters With COVID-19 Incidence and Severity in Singapore
Sharon Hui Xuan Tan, MPH; Rachael Pung, MSc; Lin-Fa Wang, PhD; et al.
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JAMA. 2022;327(12):1181-1182. doi:10.1001/jama.2022.1922
This study estimates SARS-CoV-2 infections and disease severity with the receipt of a booster and by type of booster.

Use of Community Listening Sessions to Disseminate Research Findings to Past Participants and Communities

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Journal of Community Health
Volume 47, issue 2, April 2022
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Original Paper
Use of Community Listening Sessions to Disseminate Research Findings to Past Participants and Communities
Authors (first, second and last of 8)
Jennifer Cunningham-Erves
Elizabeth C. Stewart
Stephania T. Miller
Published: 08 October 2021
Pages: 201 – 210

Active Surveillance of Adverse Events in Healthcare Workers Recipients After Vaccination with COVID-19 BNT162b2 Vaccine (Pfizer-BioNTech, Comirnaty): A Cross-Sectional Study

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Journal of Community Health
Volume 47, issue 2, April 2022
https://link.springer.com/journal/10900/volumes-and-issues/47-2

 

Active Surveillance of Adverse Events in Healthcare Workers Recipients After Vaccination with COVID-19 BNT162b2 Vaccine (Pfizer-BioNTech, Comirnaty): A Cross-Sectional Study
Authors (first, second and last of 12)
Giancarlo Ripabelli
Manuela Tamburro
Michela Lucia Sammarco
Content type: Original Paper
Published: 09 October 2021
Pages: 211 – 225

Using social media listening and data mining to understand travellers’ perspectives on travel disease risks and vaccine-related attitudes and behaviours

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Journal of Travel Medicine
Volume 29, Issue 2, March 2022
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Original Articles
Using social media listening and data mining to understand travellers’ perspectives on travel disease risks and vaccine-related attitudes and behaviours
Catherine Bravo, PhD, Valérie Bosch Castells, MSc, Susann Zietek-Gutsch, MBA, Pierre-Antoine Bodin, MSc, Cliona Molony, PhD …

Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness against malaria of three types of dual-active-ingredient long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) compared with pyrethroid-only LLINs in Tanzania: a four-arm, cluster-randomised trial

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Mar 26, 2022 Volume 399 Number 10331 p1201-1278, e17-e19
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Articles
Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness against malaria of three types of dual-active-ingredient long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) compared with pyrethroid-only LLINs in Tanzania: a four-arm, cluster-randomised trial
Jacklin F Mosha, et al.

Effectiveness of rAd26-rAd5, ChAdOx1 nCoV-19, and BBIBP-CorV vaccines for risk of infection with SARS-CoV-2 and death due to COVID-19 in people older than 60 years in Argentina: a test-negative, case-control, and retrospective longitudinal study

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The Lancet
Mar 26, 2022 Volume 399 Number 10331 p1201-1278, e17-e19
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/issue/current

 

Effectiveness of rAd26-rAd5, ChAdOx1 nCoV-19, and BBIBP-CorV vaccines for risk of infection with SARS-CoV-2 and death due to COVID-19 in people older than 60 years in Argentina: a test-negative, case-control, and retrospective longitudinal study
Analía Rearte, et al.

NCD Countdown 2030: efficient pathways and strategic investments to accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goal target 3.4 in low-income and middle-income countries

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The Lancet
Mar 26, 2022 Volume 399 Number 10331 p1201-1278, e17-e19
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/issue/current

 

Health Policy
NCD Countdown 2030: efficient pathways and strategic investments to accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goal target 3.4 in low-income and middle-income countries
NCD Countdown 2030 collaborators

Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Cervical Cancer Screening, and HPV Vaccination: A Cross-Sectional Study Among Obstetricians and Gynecologists in Egypt

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Maternal and Child Health Journal
Volume 26, issue 3, March 2022
https://link.springer.com/journal/10995/volumes-and-issues/26-3

 

Original Paper
Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Cervical Cancer Screening, and HPV Vaccination: A Cross-Sectional Study Among Obstetricians and Gynecologists in Egypt
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
Mariam Lotfy Mohamed, Ayat Mahmoud Tawfik, Sally Fawzy Elotla
Published: 21 January 2022
Pages: 565 – 574

Vaccinating women against COVID in world’s largest refugee camp

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Nature
Volume 603 Issue 7902, 24 March 2022
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Correspondence | 22 March 2022
Vaccinating women against COVID in world’s largest refugee camp
Ali Alam
Last year’s vaccination campaign in the refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, which houses some 900,000 Rohingya refugees who fled genocide in Myanmar in 2017, led to more than half of the eligible population being fully vaccinated in 4 months (see go.nature.com/3q7ukca). Vaccine uptake was notably successful among women.
Among marginalized people, the vaccination rate for women is usually lower than for their male counterparts (see, for example, go.nature.com/3i6wask). This is down to gender-specific misinformation and gender gaps in accessing information and vaccination centres, for example. Nevertheless, more than 80% of women in the target group for COVID-19 vaccines were vaccinated in the first month of the Cox’s Bazar programme (see go.nature.com/3kfopy2).
Engagement with community leaders over gender-based barriers to vaccination led to education programmes designed to combat false rumours. This in turn led to the recruitment of female vaccinators, and to vaccine misinformation being discussed at women-only radio listeners’ clubs and religious group-study sessions.
As a health-care researcher who has worked with Rohingya refugees, I think this reflects the importance of including women themselves in such campaigns.

Human genetic and immunological determinants of critical COVID-19 pneumonia

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Volume 603 Issue 7902, 24 March 2022
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Review Article | 28 January 2022
Human genetic and immunological determinants of critical COVID-19 pneumonia
The COVID Human Genetic Effort examines the molecular, cellular and immunological determinants of the various SARS-CoV-2-related disease manifestations by searching for causal errors of immunity.
Qian Zhang, Paul Bastard, Jean-Laurent Casanova

Understanding the nature of science through COVID-19 reports

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Nature Human Behaviour
Volume 6 Issue 3, March 2022
https://www.nature.com/nathumbehav/volumes/6/issues/3

 

World View | 07 February 2022
Understanding the nature of science through COVID-19 reports
Teaching students the nature of science can be difficult, but the COVID-19 pandemic offers a range of teachable examples in a form of ‘living textbook’, explains Wei-Zhao Shi.
Wei-Zhao Shi

An epidemic of uncertainty: rumors, conspiracy theories and vaccine hesitancy

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Nature Medicine
Volume 28 Issue 3, March 2022
https://www.nature.com/nm/volumes/28/issues/3

 

Perspective | 10 March 2022
An epidemic of uncertainty: rumors, conspiracy theories and vaccine hesitancy
In this Perspective, the authors discuss the new digital communications landscape in relation to vaccines and argue that trust is key to overcoming vaccine hesitancy.
Ed Pertwee, Clarissa Simas, Heidi J. Larson

Misinformation: susceptibility, spread, and interventions to immunize the public

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Nature Medicine
Volume 28 Issue 3, March 2022
https://www.nature.com/nm/volumes/28/issues/3

 

Review Article | 10 March 2022
Misinformation: susceptibility, spread, and interventions to immunize the public
This Review provides an overview of the psychology of misinformation, from susceptibility to spread and interventions to help boost psychological immunity.
Sander van der Linden

SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 vaccination rates in pregnant women in Scotland

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Nature Medicine
Volume 28 Issue 3, March 2022
https://www.nature.com/nm/volumes/28/issues/3

 

Article | 13 January 2022 | Open Access
SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 vaccination rates in pregnant women in Scotland
Findings from the COVID-19 in Pregnancy in Scotland (COPS) study reveals low levels of vaccination uptake by pregnant women compared to women in the general population and that not being vaccinated is associated with increased risk of severe complications of COVID-19 in pregnancy, including perinatal mortality.
Sarah J. Stock, Jade Carruthers, Rachael Wood

Addressing Vaccine Inequity — Covid-19 Vaccines as a Global Public Good

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New England Journal of Medicine
March 24, 2022 Vol. 386 No. 12
https://www.nejm.org/toc/nejm/medical-journal

 

Editorial
Addressing Vaccine Inequity — Covid-19 Vaccines as a Global Public Good
List of authors.
David J. Hunter, F.Med.Sci., Salim S. Abdool Karim, M.B., Ch.B., Ph.D., Lindsey R. Baden, M.D., Jeremy J. Farrar, M.D., Ph.D., Mary Beth Hamel, M.D., M.P.H., Dan L. Longo, M.D., Stephen Morrissey, Ph.D., and Eric J. Rubin, M.D., Ph.D.
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Perceived risk and perceptions of COVID-19 vaccine: A survey among general public in Pakistan

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[Accessed 26 Mar 2022]

 

Research Article
Perceived risk and perceptions of COVID-19 vaccine: A survey among general public in Pakistan
Bilal Mahmood Beg, Tariq Hussain, Mehmood Ahmad, Sadaf Areej, Arfa Majeed, Muhammad Adil Rasheed, Muhammad Moin Ahmad, Qurat-ul-Ain Shoaib, Sadaf Aroosa
Research Article | published 24 Mar 2022 PLOS ONE
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0266028

Ethical, regulatory, and practical barriers to COVID-19 research: A stakeholder-informed inventory of concerns

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PLoS One
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[Accessed 26 Mar 2022]

 

Ethical, regulatory, and practical barriers to COVID-19 research: A stakeholder-informed inventory of concerns
Bryan A. Sisk, Kari Baldwin, Meredith Parsons, James M. DuBois
Research Article | published 24 Mar 2022 PLOS ONE
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0265252

Knowledge attitudes and practices toward seasonal influenza vaccine among pregnant women during the 2018/2019 influenza season in Tunisia

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[Accessed 26 Mar 2022]

 

Knowledge attitudes and practices toward seasonal influenza vaccine among pregnant women during the 2018/2019 influenza season in Tunisia
Sonia Dhaouadi, Ghassen Kharroubi, Amal Cherif, Ines Cherif, Hind Bouguerra, Leila Bouabid, Nourhene Najar, Adel Gharbi, Afif Ben Salah, Nissaf Bouafif ép Ben Alaya, Jihene Bettaieb
Research Article | published 22 Mar 2022 PLOS ONE
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0265390

Inequality in science and the case for a new agenda

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PNAS – Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States
March 8, 2022 | vol. 119 | no. 10
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Perspective February 24, 2022 Open Access
Inequality in science and the case for a new agenda
The history of the scientific enterprise demonstrates that it has supported gender, identity, and racial inequity. Further, its institutions have allowed discrimination, harassment, and personal harm of racialized persons and women. This has resulted in a …
Joseph L. Graves, Maureen Kearney, […] Shirley Malcom

Acceptance of COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy among Thai pregnant women and their spouses: a prospective survey

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Reproductive Health
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[Accessed 26 Mar 2022]

 

Acceptance of COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy among Thai pregnant women and their spouses: a prospective survey
Vaccination is one of the most reliable interventions against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Although pregnant women’s attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccination are well studied, husbands’ views toward COVID…
Authors: Kotchakorn Pairat and Chadakarn Phaloprakarn
Citation: Reproductive Health 2022 19:74
Content type: Research Published on: 24 March 2022

Neutralizing antibody responses elicited by SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination wane over time and are boosted by breakthrough infection

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Science Translational Medicine
Volume 14| Issue 637| 23 Mar 2022
https://www.science.org/toc/stm/current

 

Research Articles
Neutralizing antibody responses elicited by SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination wane over time and are boosted by breakthrough infection
BY John P. Evans, et al.
23 Mar 2022
Open Access
SARS-CoV-2–specific neutralizing antibodies induced by two doses of mRNA vaccine wane after 6 months but increase after breakthrough infection.

Multi-dimensional factors related to participation in a population-wide mass COVID-19 testing program among Hong Kong adults: A population-based randomized survey

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Social Science & Medicine
Volume 294 February 2022
https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/social-science-and-medicine/vol/294/suppl/C

 

Research article Full text access
Multi-dimensional factors related to participation in a population-wide mass COVID-19 testing program among Hong Kong adults: A population-based randomized survey
Meiqi Xin, Joseph Tak-fai Lau, Mason M.C. Lau
Article 114692

Bodies-in-waiting as infrastructure: Assembling the Philippine Government’s disciplinary quarantine response to COVID-19

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Social Science & Medicine
Volume 294 February 2022
https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/social-science-and-medicine/vol/294/suppl/C

 

Research article Full text access
Bodies-in-waiting as infrastructure: Assembling the Philippine Government’s disciplinary quarantine response to COVID-19
Nico A. Canoy, Augil Marie Q. Robles, Gilana Kim T. Roxas
Article 114695

Italy’s rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations: The crucial contribution of the first experimental mass vaccination site in Lombardy

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Vaccine
Volume 40, Issue 10 Pages 1385-1512 (1 March 2022)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/vaccine/vol/40/issue/10

 

Research article Open access
Italy’s rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations: The crucial contribution of the first experimental mass vaccination site in Lombardy
Francesco Oliani, Antonella Savoia, Giulia Gallo, Navpreet Tiwana, … Silvana Castaldi
Pages 1397-1403

Looking ahead: Caregivers’ COVID-19 vaccination intention for children 5 years old and younger using the health belief model

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Vaccine
Volume 40, Issue 10 Pages 1385-1512 (1 March 2022)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/vaccine/vol/40/issue/10

 

Research article Full text access
Looking ahead: Caregivers’ COVID-19 vaccination intention for children 5 years old and younger using the health belief model
Morgan E. Ellithorpe, Fashina Aladé, Robyn B. Adams, Glen J. Nowak
Pages 1404-1412

Pre-Print Servers

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Gates Open Research
https://gatesopenresearch.org/browse/articles

Open Letter metrics AWAITING PEER REVIEW
Implementing adaptive youth-centered adolescent sexual reproductive health programming: learning from the Adolescents 360 project in Tanzania, Ethiopia, and Nigeria (2016-2020) [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]
Matthew Wilson, Meghan Cutherell, Abednego Musau, Sara Malakoff, Alexis Coppola, Metsehate Ayenekulu, Edwin Mtei, Fifi Ogbondeminu
Peer Reviewers Invited
Funders
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Children’s Investment Fund Foundation
PUBLISHED 25 Mar 2022

 

medRxiv
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medRxiv is a free online archive and distribution server for complete but unpublished manuscripts (preprints) in the medical, clinical, and related health sciences. Preprints are preliminary reports of work that have not been certified by peer review. They should not be relied on to guide clinical practice or health-related behavior and should not be reported in news media as established information. medRxiv is for the distribution of preprints – complete but unpublished manuscripts – that describe human health research conducted, analyzed, and interpreted according to scientific principles…

A Qualitative Study Regarding Messages of the COVID-19 Vaccine from Vaccinated Healthcare Providers and Healthy Adults
Shuji Sano, Satomi Sato, Norio Ohmagari, Osamu Takahashi
medRxiv 2022.03.24.22272878; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.03.24.22272878

International comparison of the impact of the pandemic and vaccination measures adopted on children and adolescent population
Luis Rajmil, Maria Camila Pinzon-Segura, Seth Christopher Yaw Appiah, Bernadine Ekpenyong, Fernando Gonzalez, Zuhal Gundogdu, Selim Oncel, Ozlem Cakici
medRxiv 2022.03.24.22272863; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.03.24.22272863

Booster dose of BNT162b2 in a CoronaVac primary vaccination protocol improves neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant
Guilherme R. F. Campos, Nathalie B. F. Almeida, Priscilla S. Filgueiras, Camila A. Corsini, Sarah V. C. Gomes, Daniel A. P. de Miranda, Jessica V. de Assis, Thais Barbara S. Silva, Pedro A Alves, Gabriel R. Fernandes, Jaquelline G. de Oliveira, Paula Rahal, Rafaella F. Q. Grenfell, Mauricio L Nogueira
medRxiv 2022.03.24.22272904; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.03.24.22272904

Impact assessment of mobility restriction, testing, and vaccination on the COVID-19 pandemic in India
Jeonghyun Shin, Quynh Long Khuong, Kaja Abbas, Juhwan Oh
medRxiv 2022.03.24.22272864; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.03.24.22272864

Vaccine Effectiveness Against Hospitalization Among Adolescent and Pediatric SARS-CoV-2 Cases in Ontario, Canada
Alison E. Simmons, Afia Amoako, Alicia Grima, Kiera Murison, Ashleigh Tuite, David Fisman
medRxiv 2022.03.24.22272919; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.03.24.22272919

Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS): Evaluation of 31 Years of Reports and Pandemics’ Impact
Ohoud Almadani, Thamir M Alshammari
medRxiv 2022.03.23.22272819; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.03.23.22272819

Systematic review and meta-analysis of yellow fever vaccine in elderly population
Ariane de Jesus Lopes de Abreu, João Roberto Cavalcante, Letícia Wigg de Araújo Lagos, Rosângela Caetano, José Ueleres Braga
medRxiv 2022.03.23.22272849; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.03.23.22272849

Vaccine effectiveness of two and three doses of BNT162b2 and CoronaVac against COVID-19 in Hong Kong
Martina E. McMenamin, Joshua Nealon, Yun Lin, Jessica Y. Wong, Justin K. Cheung, Eric H. Y. Lau, Peng Wu, Gabriel M. Leung, Benjamin J. Cowling
medRxiv 2022.03.22.22272769; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.03.22.2227276

Vaccine Equity in Low and Middle Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Huda Ali, Anna-Maria Hartner, Susy Echeverria-Londono, Jeremy Roth, Xiang Li, Kaja Abbas, Allison Portnoy, Emilia Vynnycky, Kim Woodruff, Neil M Ferguson, Jaspreet Toor, Katy AM Gaythorpe
medRxiv 2022.03.23.22272812; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.03.23.22272812

The World Health Organization’s Disease Outbreak News: a retrospective database
Colin J. Carlson, Matthew R. Boyce, Margaret Dunne, Ellie Graeden, Jessica Lin, Yasser Omar Abdellatif, Max A. Palys, Munir Pavez, Alexandra L. Phelan, Rebecca Katz
medRxiv 2022.03.22.22272790; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.03.22.22272790

People with HIV receiving suppressive antiretroviral therapy show typical antibody durability after dual COVID-19 vaccination, and strong third dose responses
Hope R. Lapointe, Francis Mwimanzi, Peter K. Cheung, Yurou Sang, Fatima Yaseen, Gisele Umviligihozo, Rebecca Kalikawe, Sarah Speckmaier, Nadia Moran-Garcia, Sneha Datwani, Maggie C. Duncan, Olga Agafitei, Siobhan Ennis, Landon Young, Hesham Ali, Bruce Ganase, F. Harrison Omondi, Winnie Dong, Junine Toy, Paul Sereda, Laura Burns, Cecilia T. Costiniuk, Curtis Cooper, Aslam H. Anis, Victor Leung, Daniel Holmes, Mari L. DeMarco, Janet Simons, Malcolm Hedgcock, Natalie Prystajecky, Christopher F. Lowe, Ralph Pantophlet, Marc G. Romney, Rolando Barrios, Silvia Guillemi, Chanson J. Brumme, Julio S.G. Montaner, Mark Hull, Marianne Harris, Masahiro Niikura, Mark A. Brockman, Zabrina L. Brumme
medRxiv 2022.03.22.22272793; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.03.22.22272793

“Where the truth really lies”: Listening to voices from African American communities in the Southern States about COVID-19 vaccine information and communication
Ran Zhang, Shan Qiao, Brooke McKeever, Bankole Olatosi, Xiaoming Li
medRxiv 2022.03.21.22272728; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.03.21.22272728

A Systematic Review of Human Challenge Trials, Designs, and Safety
Jupiter Adams-Phipps, Danny Toomey, Witold Więcek, Virginia Schmit, James Wilkinson, Keller Scholl, Euzebiusz Jamrozik, Joshua Osowicki, Meta Roestenberg, David Manheim
medRxiv 2022.03.20.22272658; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.03.20.22272658

Wellcome Open Research [to 26 Mar 2022]
https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/browse/articles
[Accessed 26 Mar 2022]

Wellcome Open Research provides all Wellcome researchers with a place to rapidly publish any results they think are worth sharing. All articles benefit from rapid publication, transparent peer review and editorial guidance on making all source data openly available.

Study Protocol metrics AWAITING PEER REVIEW
Yoga to improve maternal mental health and immune function during the COVID-19 crisis (Yoga-M2 trial): study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial. [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]
Rahul Shidhaye, Vidyadhar Bangal, Hemant Bhargav, Swanand Tilekar, Chitra Thanage, Rakhee Suradkar, Kalpesh Game, Vandana Pulate, Sonali Tambe, Vaibhav Murhar, Rahul Kunkulol
Peer Reviewers Invited
Funders
SATYAM (Science and Technology for Yoga and Meditation) Division, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.
The Wellcome Trust DBT India Alliance
PUBLISHED 23 Mar 2022

Systematic Review metrics
Update
A living mapping review for COVID-19 funded research projects: one year update [version 5; peer review: 2 approved]
Alice Norton, Adrian Bucher, Emilia Antonio, Nicole Advani, Cathryn Johnston, Henrike Grund, Sheila Mburu, Emma Clegg, Marguerite Gollish, Sara Sahota, Nusrat Jabin, Laura Scott, Genevieve Boily-Larouche, A. Morgan Lay, Gail Carson, Marta Tufet Bayona
Peer Reviewers David Vaughn; Peter Smith
Funders
Wellcome Trust
European Commission
UK Research and Innovation
Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, UK Government
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 22 Mar 2022

Research Article metrics
Promotion of data sharing needs more than an emergency: An analysis of trends across clinical trials registered on the International Clinical Trials Registry Platform [version 1; peer review: 1 approved]
Laura Merson, Duduzile Ndwandwe, Thobile Malinga, Giuseppe Paparella, Kwame Oneil, Ghassan Karam, Robert F. Terry
Peer Reviewer Sharon Kaur Gurmukh Singh
Funders
Wellcome Trust
Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) and the World Heath Organisation
PUBLISHED 21 Mar 2022

Think Tanks

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Brookings
http://www.brookings.edu/
Accessed 26 Mar 2022
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Economics
Understanding the economic impact of COVID-19 on women
Claudia Goldin
Wednesday, March 23, 2022
 
 
Center for Global Development [to 26 Mar 2022]
https://www.cgdev.org/
Publications, Events [Selected]
Reexamining Global Health: Global Commons, Financing Priorities, and the Role of Institutions in the Global South
Event
3/28/22
The COVID-19 pandemic has showcased the large vulnerabilities of the global health architecture and weaknesses in the resilience of national health systems. It has also reinvigorated a debate about the right way to prioritize and use development assistance for health (DAH).
 
 
Chatham House [to 26 Mar 2022]
https://www.chathamhouse.org/
Accessed 26 Mar 2022
[No new digest content identified]

 
 
CSIS
https://www.csis.org/
Accessed 26 Mar 2022
[No new digest content identified]
 
 

Kaiser Family Foundation
https://www.kff.org/search/?post_type=press-release
Accessed 26 Mar 2022
March 25, 2022 News Release
New KFF Analysis Finds That the U.S. Government Does Not Currently Have Enough Vaccine Doses to Fully Cover Every American with a 4th Dose
With funding for additional COVID-19 support at a stalemate in Congress, a new KFF analysis looks at potential scenarios that United States might face if a 4th COVID-19 vaccine dose is recommended to the public. The analysis finds that the U.S. government does not have enough funding to purchase vaccine…
 
 
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Reports, Selected Journal Articles
Report
Pulse-Check: Exploration of Early COVID-19 Pandemic Health Care and Public Health Responses in Select Middle East Nations
This report outlines the results of an exploratory analysis of strategies used by health care systems and public health in response to COVID-19 in five countries — Iran, Jordan, Lebanon, Qatar, and Tunisia.
Mar 24, 2022
Hamad Al-Ibrahim, Nasma Berri, Emily Hoch, Nazia Wolters, Kristin J. Leuschner, Mahshid Abir

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Advancing Global Citizenship in America
This Perspective addresses what global citizenship is, why it is important, how it can be fostered, and ways to promote global citizenship across the political spectrum.
Mar 24, 2022
James Dobbins, Krishna B. Kumar, Karishma V. Patel

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The Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities Mitigation Grant Program: Incorporating Hazard Risk and Social Equity into Decision-making Processes
The federal Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program can help develop community resilience through mitigation activities that emphasize equity goals alongside reduction of risk to physical assets, as described in this report.
Mar 23, 2022
Noreen Clancy, Melissa L. Finucane, Jordan R. Fischbach, David G. Groves, Debra Knopman, Karishma V. Patel, Lloyd Dixon

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Disruption Without Change: The Consequences of COVID-19 on the Global Economic Balance
The author reviews the economic track record of the United States, its competitors, and its allies to discern how economic changes induced by the COVID-19 pandemic could affect geopolitical competition and the security environment.
Mar 21, 2022
Howard J. Shatz

Vaccines and Global Health: The Week in Review :: 19 March 2022

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WHO – Emergency in Ukraine: external situation report #3, published 17 March 2022: reporting period: 11–16 March 2022

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WHO – Emergency in Ukraine: external situation report #3, published 17 March 2022: reporting period: 11–16 March 2022

The overall situation continues to deteriorate across Ukraine. To date, over 18 million people have been affected by the conflict. According to the latest government data compiled by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), over three million refugees have now left Ukraine for surrounding countries, with over 60% of them in Poland. It is estimated that this number could rise to four million by July 2022.

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2.2.2 Priority public health concerns
iv. Risk of emergence and spread of infectious diseases
Ongoing epidemics
A total of 35 396 new cases of COVID-19 and 556 new deaths were reported in Ukraine from 10 to 16 March. However, the seven-day average number of polymerase chain reaction tests decreased from 42 460 to 3913 from 23 February to 14 March, and the seven-day average number of antigen rapid diagnostic tests dropped from 51 484 to 3038. Therefore, the number of COVID-19 cases is likely to be underreported.
Epidemic risk
Poor ventilation and overcrowding increase the risk of spread of respiratory infections, including COVID-19. Lack of access to safe water and sanitation heightens the risk of the emergence of water-borne diseases. Of note, an outbreak of cholera was identified in Ukraine in 2011 in the Mariupol region, an area currently experiencing an escalation in conflict. A single case of cholera was also detected in the Zaporizhzhia oblast in 2016, highlighting the possibility of cholera cases occurring in parts of the country.
Suboptimal vaccination coverage of routine and childhood immunizations, including measles and poliomyelitis (polio), increases the risk of re-emergence and transmission of vaccine-preventable diseases.
With the arrival of spring and rising temperatures, disrupted access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene, and damage to homes may increase the risk of vector-borne diseases such as West Nile fever and tick-borne encephalitis.
Lack of access to barrier contraception and..increased risk of sexual and gender-based violence increases the risk of sexually transmitted infections …