The global shortage of essential drugs during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence based on aggregated media and social media reports

• Main Authors: Mohammed Salahuddin (Author), Dilshad Manzar (Author), Aleem Unissa (Author), Seithikurippu R Pandi-Perumal (Author), Ahmed S BaHammam (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Implications from accumulated bodies of commentaries and media/social-media reports highlight the drug shortage during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this special report, the relation between drug shortage and response measures is discussed in the light of a preliminary data construct. Materi...