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COVID-19 in Ethiopia: a geospatial analysis of vulnerability to infection, case severity and death.
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- Spatial codistribution of HIV, tuberculosis and malaria in Ethiopia.BMJ global health · 2022Article
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- Survival Time to COVID-19 Severity and Its Predictors in South Gondar Zone, North-West Ethiopia: A Prospective Cohort Study.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2022Article
- Clinical Characteristics and Outcome of Pediatric COVID-19 Patients in Ethiopia During the Early COVID-19 Pandemic: A Prospective Cohort Study.Pediatric health, medicine and therapeutics · 2022Article
- Clinical Features and Time to Recovery of Admitted COVID-19 Cases at Dilla University Referral Hospital Treatment Center, South Ethiopia.Infection and drug resistance · 2022Article
- The triple burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases and injuries on sex differences in life expectancy in Ethiopia.International journal for equity in health · 2021Article
- Magnitude and Predictors of Health Care Workers Depression During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Health Facility-Based Study in Eastern Ethiopia.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundCOVID-19 has caused a global public health crisis affecting most countries, including Ethiopia, in various ways. This study maps the vulnerability to infection, case severity and likelihood of death from COVID-19 in Ethiopia.
methodsThirty-eight potential indicators of vulnerability to COVID-19 infection, case severity and likelihood of death, identified based on a literature review and the availability of nationally representative data at a low geographic scale, were assembled from multiple sources for geospatial analysis. Geospatial analysis techniques were applied to produce maps showing the vulnerability to infection, case severity and likelihood of death in Ethiopia at a spatial resolution of 1 km×1 km.
resultsThis study showed that vulnerability to COVID-19 infection is likely to be high across most parts of Ethiopia, particularly in the Somali, Afar, Amhara, Oromia and Tigray regions. The number of severe cases of COVID-19 infection requiring hospitalisation and intensive care unit admission is likely to be high across Amhara, most parts of Oromia and some parts of the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region. The risk of COVID-19-related death is high in the country's border regions, where public health preparedness for responding to COVID-19 is limited.
conclusionThis study revealed geographical differences in vulnerability to infection, case severity and likelihood of death from COVID-19 in Ethiopia. The study offers maps that can guide the targeted interventions necessary to contain the spread of COVID-19 in Ethiopia.
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