Research Article: Impact of Hospital Closure on Patients with Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases During the COVID- Pandemic in Uganda: A Cross-Sectional and Mixed-Methods Study
Abstract:
The coronavirus disease (COVID-) is an infectious disease caused by a novel coronavirus called SARS-CoV-, which emanated from Wuhan, People’s Republic of China with an outbreak of pneumonia of unknown cause and reported on December , , leading to a global pandemic. The COVID- pandemic has negatively impacted health services provision in major health areas in not only low-income countries but also middle- and high-income countries. Health systems in developing countries remain a heavy debt towards recovery to the pre-pandemic level.– Intensive public health and social measures (PHSMs) that were taken to control the COVID- transmission, resulted in decreased access to the essential health services, especially in low- and middle-income countries.,– Many African countries have faced enormous burdens from PHSMs– despite successful containment of COVID- compared with high-income countries. A survey conducted in African Union member states reported that % of respondents answered that some household members who needed healthcare gave up trying to access services at the beginning of the pandemic.
Introduction:
The coronavirus disease (COVID-) is an infectious disease caused by a novel coronavirus called SARS-CoV-, which emanated from Wuhan, People’s Republic of China with an outbreak of pneumonia of unknown cause and reported on December , , leading to a global pandemic. The COVID- pandemic has negatively impacted health services provision in major health areas in not only low-income countries but also middle- and high-income countries. Health systems in developing countries remain a heavy debt towards recovery to the…
Read more