Browsing Faculty of Community and Health Sciences by Author "Dzinamarira, Tafadzwa"
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Covid-19 prevalence among healthcare workers. A systematic review and meta-analysis
Dzinamarira, Tafadzwa; Murewanhema, Grant; Mhango, Malizgani (MPDI, 2022)Understanding the burden of SARS-CoV-2 infections among healthcare workers is a critical component to inform occupational health policy and strategy. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to map and analayse ... -
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 ... -
Emerging infectious disease outbreaks in Sub-Saharan Africa: Learning from the past and present to be better prepared for future outbreaks
Mhango, Malizgani; Moyo, Enos; Moyo, Perseverance; Dzinamarira, Tafadzwa (Frontiers Media S.A., 2023)Background: Over the past two decades, Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has faced multiple public health emergencies (1). A public health emergency (PHE) is a situation with health consequences too severe for conventional community ... -
Risk factors for COVID-19 among healthcare workers. A protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
Dzinamarira, Tafadzwa; Mhango, Malizgani; Dzobo, Mathias (Public Library of Science, 2021)Evidence on the spectrum of risk factors for infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) among front-line healthcare workers (HCWs) has not been well-described. While several studies evaluating ... -
Risk factors for Covid-19 infection among healthcare workers. A first report from a living systematic review and meta-analysis
Dzinamarira, Tafadzwa; Nkambule, Sphamandla Josias; Mhango, Malizgani (Elsevier, 2022)Health care workers (HCWs) are more than ten times more likely to be infected with coronavirus in- fectious disease 2019 (COVID-19) than the general population, thus demonstrating the burden of COVID- 19 among HCWs. ...