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STATEMENT OF PROBLEM/QUESTION: Even though they face a higher risk of COVID-19-related morbidity and mortality, racial and ethnic minorities in the Greater Boston area have had less access to COVID-19 testing and vaccinations. DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM/INTERVENTION: We implemented a novel, community-based mobile health unit program by repurposing transportation vans with COVID-19 testing equipment, preventive hygiene kits, and mRNA vaccines. Our goal was to expand testing and vaccine availability in highly affected communities in the Greater Boston area. We used a “double equity” model by hiring workers from a local transportation company whose staff were at risk of unemployment. The vans were staffed with racially/ ethnically diverse and multilingual staff, including members of the target communities themselves. We incorporated a system of “trusted messengers” to answer questions about COVID-19 and in particular, vaccination from the community. We implemented this program with crucial input from community-based organizations and municipal public health departments. Van location sites were guided by community partners, in some cases incorporating SARS-CoV-2 wastewater surveillance data to meet rapidly changing community needs. MEASURES OF SUCCESS: Our goals were to (1) demonstrate the feasibility of a COVID-19 testing program guided by community partnerships and SARS-CoV-2 wastewater surveillance data;(2) improve access to COVID-19 testing in underserved communities;and (3) improve access to COVID-19 vaccination among racial/ethnic minorities. We collected ongoing feedback (e.g. through the local community advisory groups etc) on the mobile health program from community partners, patients, and staff. We compared sociodemographic characteristics of mobile health participants with the general population of the state of Massachusetts and the population of the target communities. FINDINGS TO DATE: From January 2021 - January 2022, our mobile health units have tested greater than 4500 persons in predominantly low socioeconomic communities that have been highly impacted by the pandemic. From May 2021 - January 2022, we vaccinated 5480 persons in these communities. An analysis of our program from January 2021 - January 2022 demonstrated that mobile health unit participants receiving COVID-19 vaccines were significantly more likely to be non-White and Hispanic compared with the general vaccinated population of the state of Massachusetts and of the target communities, and these findings were statistically significant. We also found that the mobile health units vaccinated more youth and adolescents in the target community compared with the general state vaccination data. KEY LESSONS FOR DISSEMINATION: Delivery of preventive COVID19 care via mobile health units is feasible and associated with high usage from affected communities when implemented with high stakeholder engagement and expertise from local public health departments. Employing diverse, multilingual, and well-trained healthcare staff as trusted messengers likely improved COVID-19 vaccine uptake in this population.
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Electronic resources generally known as e-resources are materials in digital format accessible electronically. It consists electronic journals (e-journal), electronic books (e- book), online databases, online databases in varied digital formats. These resources play an indispensible role during Covid-19. The COVID-19 pandemic situation has posed unprecedented challenges requiring teachers to adapt to teaching online. Until March 2020, the typical teaching situation at colleges of education was characterised by teacher trainees who convened in classrooms according to their timetables and teachers who covered their subjects' syllabus, frequently through formal lecturing. Teacher trainees were required to listen to their teachers in a formal way. The college lockdown confronted teachers, students, and parents with an entirely new situation. Teaching and learning during pandemic period is only possible through alternative means of education. Teachers need to use various digital tools and resources to solve problems and implement new approaches to teaching and learning process. In this present prevailing situation of Covid-19, libraries are more concerned with electronic resources as these provide accurate information with the latest data to fulfill their needs. The teacher trainees consult the electronic resources for their teaching learning process. This article focuses on various aspects of electronic resources and their subscription in colleges of education and usage by teacher trainees. © 2021. All Rights Reserved.
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The treatment of COVID-19 has been a source of intense controversy in the past. A variety of clinical trials and retrospective studies have shown mixed findings about the effectiveness of certain repurposed medications proposed to treat COVID-19, highlighting the need for further testing.The aim of this research was to add to the current literature some data on the effectiveness and protection of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and azithromycin (AZ) as COVID-19 treatment drugs.The results of a traditional therapy (CT) incorporating HCQ and AZ used in the Democratic Republic of India are recorded in this empirical analysis. We contrasted epidemiological and clinical evidence from 1100 (89%) respondents who received the CT and 135 (11%) who did not obtain the TC. At the start of therapy, survival analyses such as Kaplan-Meier and Cox regression were used to assess health success at day 10 and the probability of survival at day 15.On D10, the clinical result in the TC population is significantly higher than in the reference group (p-0.001). The observed side effects are mild and similar in both categories (3 percent vs. 3 percent). Conclusion: This tentative retrospective analysis shows that traditional medicine has a positive and healthy impact in our region, justifying the protocol's continuity at this period. To improve the power of measurements, broader empirical studies with more rigorous assessment parameters are needed.
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The COVID-19 outbreak is vindicating to be an unprecedented disaster and critical health issue to humanity in all aspects, including economic, social and psychological, not seen since the 1918 influenza pandemic. It has a too early and hare-brained catastrophic impact on the world. Not only underdeveloped countries but also the countries having high income and said to be well developed are also affected very severely by the outbreak. Since it's coming out in Asia late last year 2019, the virus has spread to every continent except Antarctica. A total of 35,25,116 peoples are infected, and 2,43,540 peoples were died worldwide due to COVID-19 epidemic, and till now, no specific treatment and vaccine against coronavirus have been discovered. The pandemic is moving like a wave-one that may yet crash on those least able to cope. COVID-19 is much more than a health menace as by stressing every one of the countries it plosive;it has the potential to create devastating crises that will leave deep scars. In this article, we performed a review to describe existing literature about COVID-19 epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis and management along with its emotional impact on medical staff and common people and an effort has also been made to light the long-term effects on COVID-19 survivors. Web of Science, Scopus, SciFinder, Pubmed, Medline and EMBASE databases have been searched for relevant articles. During the current scenario, it is not possible to evaluate the full health, social and economic impact of this worldwide disaster;this review represents a picture of the current state of the art and the global implications of this new and yet uncertain pandemic.