(1) Objective: The World Health Organization’s (WHO) International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) classification is a unified framework for the description of health and health-related states. This study aimed to use the…
Background: COVID-19 is caused by the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019nCoV) which was identified on 7 January 2020 by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from the throat swab sample of a patient. This novel coronavirus is…
Firew Tiyare Tiruneh Department of Midwifery, College of Health Science, Mizan Tepi University, Mizan Teferi, EthiopiaCorrespondence: Firew Tiyare TirunehDepartment of Midwifery, College of Health Science, Mizan Tepi University, PO Box- 260, Mizan…
Abstract The SARS-CoV-2, which emerged from East Asia in December 2019, has rapidly evolved into a global pandemic infecting close to 7 million people. The current uncertainties regarding its impact on Africa calls for critical monitoring of the…
In Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), it is important to evaluate disease activity and investigate possible biomarkers. Therefore, in this study, we investigated the relationship between disease activity and serum levels of possible immune…
Objective: Mass vaccination planning is occurring at all levels of government in advance of regulatory approval and manufacture of a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine for distribution sometime in 2021. We outline a methodology in which both health insurance…
Narrative medicine workshops are typically conducted in person and provide medical professionals and students with reflective spaces. During the COVID-19 pandemic, in-person workshops at one university were cancelled and moved online following social…
Pregnant women appear to be more susceptible to infectious diseases than women in reproductive age. According to the California Department of Public Health pregnant women were 9.6-folds more likely to be hospitalized during the 2009 influenza…
O novo coronavírus que já assolava diversas regiões do Brasil chegou à Terra Indígena Vale do Javari, Estado do Amazonas, no mês de junho de 2020, região com povos indígenas de recente contato e alta concentração de povos indígenas em isolamento. A…