COVID-19 across Countries: Situation and Lessons for Pandemic control

Shakya, Dhana Ratna; Thapa, Suraj Bahadur; Kar, Sujit Kumar; Sharma, Vinita; Uchida, Naoki; Ortiz, Miguel Reina; Chapagain, Ghanashyam; Poudel, Chandra Kumar; Bhattarai, Pushpa Raj

doi:10.3126/jbpkihs.v3i1.30311

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“…In the second week of March 2020, the Ecuadorian Ministry of Health declared a state of emergency in the national health system. Then, at the end of April, the social distancing stage started based on traffic light system across the national territory [23], [24]. The change of the traffic light must be taken into account depending on the contagion that exists in each city, e.g., cities with red traffic lights must respect a curfew: from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m., with vehicular circulation restricted to one day per week.…”

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Teleconsultation Apps in the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of Guayaquil City, Ecuador

Perez-Noboa

Soledispa-Carrasco

Padilla

et al. 2021

IEEE Eng. Manag. Rev.

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The new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has affected a large part of the worldwide population, causing more than a million deaths between the end of 2019 until now. Technological development and digital tools arise to carry out activities remotely, either for monitoring or diagnosis. Medical teleconsultation activities are not new, but due to the pandemic situation that the COVID-19 originated, it has become a popular option to avoid going to consultations physically due to the risk of contagion. This article presents an analysis of different teleconsultation services implemented during the spread of the COVID-19 in the city of Guayaquil, Ecuador, as a case study. The methodology includes a performance assessment of the teleconsultation apps used during the critical periods of the pandemic. We detailed the fundamental stages deemed to verify that the fulfillment and knowledge about telemedicine in this city are not extensive enough in terms of remote health benefits. Throughout this study, we evidenced that the population is not prepared to manage remote-care systems due to the low use of technology and the lack of support from public or private agencies for providing technological development for medical services that satisfy the needs of the inhabitants.

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Teleconsultation Apps in the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of Guayaquil City, Ecuador

Perez-Noboa

Soledispa-Carrasco

Padilla

et al. 2021

IEEE Eng. Manag. Rev.

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“…COVID-19 was declared as a global pandemic in March, 2020 [6]. It affected almost all countries with a growing number of illnesses and death.…”

Section: Covid-19: a Pandemic With An Exceptional Chal-lengementioning

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“…Human transmission among people in close contact (direct physical or face-to-face contact within one meter and for prolonged periods) when not wearing appropriate personnel protective equipment (PPE) occurs irrespective of the symptoms [13]. Despite the advent of vaccines, the importance of non-pharmacological interventions, infection control, and prevention measures can hardly be overemphasized to contain COVID-19 infection [6].…”

Section: Covid-19: a Pandemic With An Exceptional Chal-lengementioning

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Social Responsibility for Health during COVID-19 Pandemic

Shakya

Shrestha

Koirala

et al. 2021

JBPKIHS

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Health is a fundamental right for which concerned sides should bear the responsibility at the individual, societal, state, and international level. Not only curative but preventive, promotive, and rehabilitative services should also be availed in accessible, affordable, and acceptable form. The quest for health becomes more intense during adverse periods like a pandemic. The whole world has witnessed the COVID-19 pandemic, the unprecedented pandemic of this century. This quest is more dismal in developing nations like Nepal when even resource-rich countries are laid down by it. The quest of health demands, hence more during this pandemic, for the bearing of the responsibility by all. Here, we have made an attempt to draw together the general and some specific responsibilities of various direct stakeholders in this pandemic with multifaceted mayhem. We have incorporated here, the responsibilities of the public, COVID and non-COVID patients, media personnel, health science students, professionals, institutions, state, and media to ensure or safeguard the health of self and others in this pandemic.

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“…Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) proved health concern not only because of a virus infection but also other health problems and issues as a whole; devastated not only health but also all sectors of society and affected not only a single country, territory and continent but throughout the world [1][2][3]. The effect seems disproportionately more for: developing regions with deficient system and resources, usually neglected areas of health like mental health and addiction, immune-compromised, vulnerable and deprived sections of populations and those who could not adopt adequate SMS and IPC measures for various reasons [4,5].…”

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“…conflict, altercation, separation, bereavement, discrimination, stigma) are indirect other stressor factors [6]. The pandemic has a wide range of effects including mental [3] and warranted for review of them for devising and developing useful strategies like modification in health service delivery mode.…”

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Psychiatry In-patient Substance Profile Changes in COVID year 2020 from 2019 in a Teaching hospital of Eastern Nepal

Shakya¹

2021

JPMHC

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Subsequent time, after declaration of COVID-19 pandemic, witnessed variable changes in various aspects due to COVID circumstances around the globe. We report and reflect here over the observation regarding substance use and use disorder scenario in initial COVID year 2020 in reference to 2019 (year preceding COVID-19 pandemic). It is an observation in psychiatry in-patient service of a teaching hospital of eastern Nepal. There were 420 (284 male, 136 female) and 279 (194 male and 85 female) admissions in 2019 and 2020 respectively. The most striking and significant change was seen for Nicotine, both overall and use disorder-wise. Over all, the proportion increased for Nicotine (34.05 to 48.03%) and Cannabis (16.67 to 17.92%) whereas decreased for Alcohol (38.33 to 31.18%), Opiote (7.62 to 6.81%), Benzodiazepine (6.43 to 5.73%) and other substance (0.71% to nil) among the in-patients in 2020. Categorically, both the Use and Dependence syndrome (ICD-10) increased for Nicotine (8.81 to 21.86%% and 25.24 to 26.17%) and Cannabis (10.71 to 11.47% and 5.72 to 6.45%). Proportion of Alcohol use and Harmful use decreased whereas Alcohol dependence increased, Opiote use increased whereas Harmful use and Dependence decreased, Benzodiazepine use and Dependence decreased and other substances decreased too. The observation shows various changes in the pattern of substance among the psychiatry in-patients which indicates the need for some strategic and policy changes to tackle this pandemic situation.

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COVID-19 across Countries: Situation and Lessons for Pandemic control

Cited by 8 publications

References 13 publications

Teleconsultation Apps in the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of Guayaquil City, Ecuador

Teleconsultation Apps in the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of Guayaquil City, Ecuador

Social Responsibility for Health during COVID-19 Pandemic

Psychiatry In-patient Substance Profile Changes in COVID year 2020 from 2019 in a Teaching hospital of Eastern Nepal

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