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The impact of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on health systems and household resources in Africa and South Asia

2020-05-08

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<h4>Background</h4> Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemics strain health systems and households. Health systems in Africa and South Asia may be particularly at risk due to potential high prevalence of risk factors for severe disease, large household sizes and limited healthcare capacity. <h4>Methods</h4> We investigated the impact of an unmitigated COVID-19 epidemic on health system resources and costs, and...

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Literature Corpus work: 866659c7-c159-5c49-bd6d-31bc70474a26
DOI: 10.1101/2020.05.06.20092734

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