Economic Burden of SARS-CoV-2 Patients with Multi-Morbidity: A Systematic Review Protocol.

Economic burden issues in SARS-CoV-2 patients with underlying co-morbidities are enormous resources for patient treatment and management. The uncertainty costs for clinical management render the healthcare system catatonic and incurs deficits in national annual budgets. This article focuses on systematic steps towards selecting and evaluating literature to uncover gaps and ways to help healthcare stakeholders optimize resources in treating and managing COVID-19 patients with multi-morbidity. A systematic review of all COVID-19 treatment procedures with co-morbidities or multi-morbidity for the period from 2019 to 2022 was conducted. The search includes studies describing treatment costs associated with multi- or co-morbidity cases for infected patients and, if concurrently reported, determining recurring expenses. Study selection will follow the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. Galbraith plots and I2 statistics will be deployed to assess heterogeneity and to identify potential sources. A backward elimination process will be applied in the regression modelling procedure. Based on the number of studies retrieved and their sample size, the subgroup analysis will be stratified on participant disease category, associated total costs, and degree of freedom in cost estimation. These studies were registered in the PROSPERO registry (ID: CRD42022323071).

Impact of COVID-19 on marine fisheries supply chains: Case study of Malaysia

COVID-19 cases have now been confirmed in every country in the world, and to slow the spread of the virus, the World Health Organization (WHO) has urged infected countries to impose several containment and suppression measures. Supply chain disruptions are among one of the most vulnerable food sector caused by the aspects of COVID-19 disease control (i.e., lockdown, travel restriction, or movement control order (MCO)). Thus, the main purpose of this paper is to evaluate the impact of COVID-19 on marine food security supply chain and management in Malaysia. To achieve this, the study systematically and specifically addresses the following objectives: (i) to review available literature on Southeast Asia food supply management and COVID-19;(ii) to conduct a survey on purchasing method preferences and perception on marine fish supplies availability;and (iii) to recommend relevant intervention and policy development to improve well-being and livelihood status among the study population. The national survey was conducted from June 1 to September 30, 2020 through Google Forms. The results from the systematic review showed that there are eight main articles within the research areas of COVID-19 and supply chain, which have been focused only in the Southeast Asia region. The web survey results indicated that the self-visit methods for marine fish supplies were the main methods before the COVID-19 pandemic, and were decreased during the MCO period. The study also indicated that the respondents genders and types of living area affected their perceptions of marine fish supplies sources and distribution. Additionally, some respondents decided to use delivery services as well as booking and purchasing via phone and online, which includes the use of social media.

Global trends on Covid-19 and food security research: A scientometric study

Recently, coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) has posed a threat to global food security. Assessing recent literature on food security in the presence of Covid-19 is important for policymakers and funding sponsors to make future decisions. While research on the health impacts of Covid-19 is rapidly emerging, there is limited evidence on the food security impacts of the pandemic, especially in the form of scientometric study. The current study aims to give an overview on the impact of Covid-19 in the context of global food security. A scientometric methodology was implemented using the Web of Science Core Collection database for the period from January 2019 to April 2021. The search strategy utilized the topic search related to Covid-19 and food security with certain constraints. Based on articles retrieved from the Web of Science Core Collection database, we found that the search query retrieved 734 documents within the research area of Covid-19 and food security.