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Pandemic preparedness and COVID-19: an exploratory analysis of infection and fatality rates, and contextual factors associated with preparedness in 177 countries, from Jan 1, 2020, to Sept 30, 2021

Thomas J. Bollyky, +84 more
- 01 Feb 2022 - 
- Vol. 399, pp 1489-1512
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High levels of government and interpersonal trust, as well as less government corruption, were also associated with higher COVID-19 vaccine coverage among middle-income and high-income countries where vaccine availability was more widespread, and lower corruption was associated with greater reductions in mobility.
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This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 2022-02-01. It has received 129 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Medicine.

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A multinational Delphi consensus to end the COVID-19 public health threat

Jeffrey V. Lazarus, +348 more
- 03 Nov 2022 - 
TL;DR: In this article , a diverse, multidisciplinary panel of 386 academic, health, non-governmental organization, government and other experts in COVID-19 response from 112 countries and territories to recommend specific actions to end this persistent global threat to public health.
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From rare disorders of immunity to common determinants of infection: Following the mechanistic thread

Jean-Laurent Casanova, +1 more
- 01 Aug 2022 - 
TL;DR: In this article , the discovery of inborn errors and mechanisms underlying rare infections drove the identification of common monogenic or autoimmune determinants of related common infections: tuberculosis and COVID-19.
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The Global Burden of Disease Study at 30 years

Christopher J L Murray
- 01 Oct 2022 - 
TL;DR: The Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) as mentioned in this paper has been used to provide timely, valid and relevant assessments of critical health outcomes for more than 30 years and has become progressively more granular.
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Differences in incidence and fatality of COVID‐19 by SARS‐CoV‐2 Omicron variant versus Delta variant in relation to vaccine coverage: A world‐wide review

Chao Wang, +6 more
- 02 Sep 2022 - 
TL;DR: The Omicron variant shows a higher incidence but a lower CFR around the world as a whole, which is mainly a result of the decreased pathogenicity by Sars‐CoV‐2's mutation, while the vaccination against SARS‐Co V‐2 still acts as a valuable measure in preventing people from death.
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Global investments in pandemic preparedness and COVID-19: development assistance and domestic spending on health between 1990 and 2026

Angela E Micah, +414 more
- 01 Jan 2023 - 
TL;DR: In this article , the authors provided a comparative assessment of global health spending at the onset of the pandemic; characterised the amount of development assistance for pandemic preparedness and response disbursed in the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, and examined expectations for future health spending and put into context the expected need for investment in pandemic emergency preparedness.
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Philip J. Landrigan, +49 more
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