ArticleGates open research2021
Higher COVID-19 mortality in low-income communities in the City of Cape Town - a descriptive ecological study.
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- A Global Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Greenspaces on COVID-19 Infection and Mortality Rates.GeoHealth · 2024Article
- SARS-CoV-2 seroepidemiology in Cape Town, South Africa, and implications for future outbreaks in low-income communities.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- COVID-19 among adults living with HIV: correlates of mortality among public sector healthcare users in Western Cape, South Africa.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2023Article
- Socioeconomic disparities associated with mortality in patients hospitalized for COVID-19 in Colombia.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Epidemiology and outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 infection associated with anti-nucleocapsid seropositivity in Cape Town, South Africa.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2022Article
- COVID-19 mortality and deprivation: pandemic, syndemic, and endemic health inequalities.The Lancet. Public health · 2022Review
- How the COVID-19 Pandemic Alters the Landscapes of the HIV and Tuberculosis Epidemics in South Africa: A Case Study and Future Directions.Epidemiologia (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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- Outcomes of laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection in the Omicron-driven fourth wave compared with previous waves in the Western Cape Province, South Africa.Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH · 2022Article
- Outcomes of laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection in the Omicron-driven fourth wave compared with previous waves in the Western Cape Province, South Africa.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2022Article
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Abstract
Background Cape Town, a South African city with high levels of economic inequality, has gone through two COVID-19 waves. There is evidence globally that low-income communities experience higher levels of morbidity and mortality during the pandemic. Methods Age-standardized COVID-19 mortality in the eight sub-districts of Cape Town was compared by economic indicators taken from the most recent Census (unemployment rate, monthly income). Results The overall Standardized Death Rate (SDR) for COVID-19 in Cape Town was 1 640 per million, but there was wide variation across the different sub-districts. A linear relationship was seen between sub-districts with high poverty and high COVID-19 SDRs. Conclusions Low-income communities in Cape Town experienced higher levels of COVID-19 mortality. As we continue to contend with COVID-19, these communities need to be prioritized for access to quality health care.
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