阿拉伯国家的COVID-19:为期三年的研究
Nasar Alwahaibi1, Muna Al Maskari1, Samiya Al-Jaaidi2
1Department of Biomedical Science, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Muscat Governorate, Oman.
F1000Research
|June 10, 2024
概括
与其他国家相比,阿拉伯世界的冠状病毒病 (COVID-19) 发病率较低. 尽管医疗保健方面存在差异,但阿拉伯国家总体上报告的病例和死亡人数每百万人口减少.
科学领域:
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 传染病监测 传染病监测 传染病
背景情况:
- 22个阿拉伯国家共有语言和文化联系,但表现出不同的医疗保健政策和资源.
- 自新冠肺炎 (COVID-19) 出现以来,在所有阿拉伯国家进行了持续监测.
- 政府政策和医疗保健系统的变化需要对COVID-19影响进行特定国家的分析.
研究的目的:
- 评估阿拉伯世界内COVID-19的总体流行情况.
- 将阿拉伯国家的COVID-19发病率和死亡率与其他受严重影响的全球地区进行比较.
- 分析整个阿拉伯地区COVID-19病例,康复和死亡的时间趋势.
主要方法:
- 利用了来自世界卫生组织,世界COVID-19追踪器,Worldometer和国家卫生部的数据.
- 收集的COVID-19数据包括确诊病例,康复人员和死亡人数.
- 数据分析涵盖了所有阿拉伯国家的2020年1月至2022年12月期间.
主要成果:
- 阿拉伯世界总共记录了14218042例COVID-19确诊病例,13384924例康复病例和173544例死亡病例.
- 死亡率高峰发生在2021年第三季度,而确诊和康复病例高峰发生在2022年第一季度.
- 在15个受影响国家中,阿拉伯国家每百万人口发生率最低 (31,609),每百万人口死亡人数为386人.
结论:
- 在阿拉伯世界,COVID-19的影响相对较小,而不是其他受严重影响的国家.
- 虽然到2022年底病例将下降,但持续的疫苗接种活动和提升意识计划对许多阿拉伯国家至关重要.
- 这些发现强调了定制公共卫生战略的重要性,考虑到区域医疗保健差异.
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