COVID-19: Current Challenges and Future Perspectives

• Other Authors: Leggat, Peter (Editor), Frean, John (Editor), Blumberg, Lucille (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Medicine; Environmental medicine; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; hepatitis B and C; cirrhosis; chronic kidney disease; alcohol-related liver disease; nonalcoholic steatohepatitis; necrosis; MDR-TB; clinical trials; IL-6 inhibitors; tocilizumab; cytokine release syndrome; cytokine storm; operational research; health systems; SORT IT; pandemics; training; pandemic; endemic; tuberculosis; impact; control; overview; malaria; preparedness; Africa; emergency; fecal calprotectin; bowel perforation; D-Dimer; thrombosis; ischemia; efficacy; safety; kaletra; lopinavir/ritonavir; meta-analysis; coronavirus; SARS-CoV-1; MERS; SARS; influenza; healthcare worker; healthcare personnel; general practitioners; medical doctor; heart transplant; CMV; Chagas disease; infection; severity; respiratory viruses; coinfections; health care workers; Philippines; rhinovirus; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; plasmodium falciparum; differential diagnosis; cognitive bias; diagnostic reasoning; recurrence; reinfection; Bangladesh; Kenya; Nairobi; presumptive tuberculosis; TB treatment outcomes; HIV; antiretroviral therapy; EpiCollect5; Malawi; Lilongwe; Zimbabwe; Harare; real-time operational research; ethics; research capacity building; India; Nepal; post-acute COVID-19 syndrome; COVID-19 vaccines; mortality; epidemiology; public health; healthcare workers; attitudes; perceptions; knowledge; n/a
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On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic and the disease now affects nearly every country and region. Caused by SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 presents significant challenges to health systems and public health in both hemispheres as well as to the economies of each...