Assessing socioeconomic vulnerability and COVID-19 infection risk among NCD patients in rural Sierra Leone: a cross-sectional study

• Main Authors: Foday Boima (Author), Marta Patiño Rodriguez (Author), Stefanie A. Joseph (Author), Mohamed S. Kamara (Author), Alfred Gborie (Author), Lebbie Williams (Author), Daniel Lavalie (Author), Chiyembekezo Kachimanga (Author), Thierry Binde (Author), Jean Gregory Jerome (Author), Dale A. Barnhart (Author), the Cross-Site (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Springer, 2023-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background In Sierra Leone, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are an increasingly important source of mortality and morbidity. However, Sierra Leonean NCD patients' experience of direct exposure to COVID-19-related risks and indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on socioeconomic det...