Browsing Faculty of Community and Health Sciences by Author "Chitungo, Itai"
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COVID-19 risk factors among health workers: A rapid review
Mhango, Malizgani; Dzobo, Mathias; Chitungo, Itai (Elsevier, 2020)Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) poses an important occupational health risk to health workers (HWs) that has attracted global scrutiny. To date, several thousand HWs globally have been reported as infected with the ... -
COVID‑19 Lockdowns: Impact on facility‑based HIV testing and the case for the scaling up of home‑based testing services in Sub‑Saharan Africa
Mhango, Malizgani; Chitungo, Itai; Dzinamarira, Tafadzwa (Springer Nature, 2020)In December 2019, China reported the emergence of a pneumonia of unknown cause in Wuhan [1]. By 7 January 2020, the etiology of the pneumonia was attributed to a virus of the coronavirus family, and later on the disease ... -
Towards virtual doctor consultations: A call for the scale-up of telemedicine in sub-Saharan Africa during COVID-19 lockdowns and beyond
Chitungo, Itai; Mhango, Malizgani; Dzobo, Mathias (Elsevier, 2021-07)The outbreak of COVID-19 has resulted in adoption and implementation of mitigatory policies, including movement restrictions (lockdowns) to curb its spread. These lockdowns have brought unintended consequences such as ... -
Utility of telemedicine in sub-Saharan Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic. A rapid review
Chitungo, Itai; Mhango, Malizgani; Mbunge, Elliot (2022)Telemedicine is the use of technology to achieve remote care. This review looks at the utility of telemedicine during the pandemic, period March 2020 to February 2021. Eleven articles met inclusion criteria. There was ... -
Utility of telemedicine in sub-Saharan Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic. A rapid review
Mhango, Malizgani; Chitungo, Itai; Mbunge, Elliot (Wiley, 2021-10-01)Telemedicine is the use of technology to achieve remote care. This review looks at the utility of telemedicine during the pandemic, period March 2020 to February 2021. Eleven articles met inclusion criteria. There was ...