Non-pharmaceutical interventions during the COVID-19 pandemic: A review

N Perra - Physics Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
Infectious diseases and human behavior are intertwined. On one side, our movements and
interactions are the engines of transmission. On the other, the unfolding of viruses might …

Public health measures to reduce the risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in Canada during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review

J Polisena, M Ospina, O Sanni, B Matenchuk… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective The main objectives of this study were to synthesise and compare pandemic
preparedness strategies issued by the federal and provincial/territorial (P/T) governments in …

A partisan pandemic: state government public health policies to combat COVID-19 in Brazil

M Touchton, FM Knaul, H Arreola-Ornelas… - BMJ global …, 2021 - gh.bmj.com
Introduction To present an analysis of the Brazilian health system and subnational (state)
variation in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, based on 10 non-pharmaceutical …

Poverty, precarious work, and the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons from Bolivia

C Hummel, FM Knaul, M Touchton… - The Lancet Global …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Bolivia is one of the poorest countries in Latin America with a gross domestic product of
around US $3500 per capita, health spending of approximately $220 per capita, a labour …

Public health guideline compliance and perceived government effectiveness during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada: Findings from a longitudinal cohort study

EE Levitt, MR Gohari, SK Syan, K Belisario… - The Lancet Regional …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has imposed enormous
adversity worldwide. Public health guidelines have been a first line of defense but rely on …

The “second wave” of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Arctic: regional and temporal dynamics

AN Petrov, M Welford, N Golosov… - … of Circumpolar Health, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This article focuses on the “second wave” of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Arctic and
examines spatiotemporal patterns between July 2020 and January 2021. We analyse …

Assessing the potential impact of immunity waning on the dynamics of COVID-19 in South Africa: an endemic model of COVID-19

M Rabiu, SA Iyaniwura - Nonlinear Dynamics, 2022 - Springer
We developed an endemic model of COVID-19 to assess the impact of vaccination and
immunity waning on the dynamics of the disease. Our model exhibits the phenomenon of …

Assessment of SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity during the first and second viral waves in 2020 and 2021 among Canadian adults

X Tang, A Sharma, M Pasic, P Brown… - JAMA Network …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The incidence of infection during SARS-CoV-2 viral waves, the factors
associated with infection, and the durability of antibody responses to infection among …

Mobilization of science advice by the Canadian federal government to support the COVID-19 pandemic response

D Bhatia, S Allin, E Di Ruggiero - Humanities and Social Sciences …, 2023 - nature.com
The procurement and provision of expert-driven, evidence-informed, and independent
science advice is integral to timely decision-making during public health emergencies. The …

How Canada's decentralised covid-19 response affected public health data and decision making

T Bubela, CM Flood, K McGrail, SE Straus, S Mishra - bmj, 2023 - bmj.com
How Canada’s decentralised covid-19 response affected public health data and decision
making Page 1 ACCOUNTABILITY FOR CANADA’S COVID-19 RESPONSE How Canada’s …