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Activity Title: The Impact of COVID-19 on Global Infectious Diseases
Release Date: October 7, 2020
Estimated Time to Complete Activity: 70 minutes
Statement of Need:
COVID-19 may have complex short- and long-term effects on global infectious disease priorities. With the world’s attention and resources focused towards COVID-19 prevention and response efforts, we are at risk of major infectious diseases making a comeback. As observed during previous crises, the indirect morbidity and mortality effects of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic may be as important as the direct effects of the pandemic itself. There are widespread disruptions to HIV, TB and malaria service delivery programs globally with shortages in medical supplies, treatments and diagnostics. Existing programs have been hit by lockdowns, changing funding priorities and re-allocation of staff and resources. It is estimated that the disruption of routine childhood immunization services across the globe puts at least 80 million children under one at risk of vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles, mumps, rubella, polio, yellow fever, typhoid, cholera and tetanus. On the other hand, emphasis on infection prevention measures such as hand hygiene and social distancing could reduce the occurrence of community and healthcare associated infectious diseases, providing an opportunity to harness improved practices, behavior changes and attitude modifications relevant to the management of many infections. The full impact of COVID-19 on respiratory diseases and the influenza season remains unknown. Disruptions in disease surveillance and reporting further add to the complexity of understanding the true impact of COVID-19 on communicable diseases.
Faculty:
Prof. Lulu Bravo
Professor Emeritus University of the Philippines, Manila
Prof. François Venter
Director of Ezintsha, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand
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Upon completion of this module, participants should be able to:
- Discuss the wider impact of COVID-19 on global infectious disease priorities
- Understand the urgency of tackling the COVID-19 pandemic while simultaneously dealing with existing priorities
- Restate the need to gather knowledge and evidence to rapidly shape and inform coordinated strategies at the individual, health-care and policy levels to reduce the potential longer-term impact.
The target audience for this module is physicians, nurses, public health officials, researchers, immunization officers, and other health professionals.
WHO and UNICEF warn of a decline in vaccinations during COVID-19: https://www.who.int/news/item/15-07-2020-who-and-unicef-warn-of-a-decline-in-vaccinations-during-covid-19
Abbas K, Procter SR, van Zandvoort K, et al; LSHTM CMMID COVID-19 Working Group. Routine childhood immunisation during the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa: a benefit-risk analysis of health benefits versus excess risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Lancet Glob Health. 2020 Oct;8(10):e1264-e1272. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30308-9.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(20)30308-9/fulltext
Bramer CA, Kimmins LM, Swanson R, et al. Decline in Child Vaccination Coverage During the COVID-19 Pandemic — Michigan Care Improvement Registry, May 2016–May 2020. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2020;69:630–631. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6920e1
The Global Fund: The Impact of COVID-19 on HIV, TB and Malaria Services and Systems for Health: A Snapshot from 502 Health Facilities across Africa and Asia. https://www.theglobalfund.org/media/10776/covid-19_2020-disruption-impact_report_en.pdf
Togun T, Kampmann B, Stoker NG, Lipman M. Anticipating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on TB patients and TB control programmes. Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob. 2020 May 23;19(1):21. doi: 10.1186/s12941-020-00363-1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7245173/
McQuaid CF, McCreesh N, Read JM, Sumner T; CMMID COVID-19 Working Group, Houben RMGJ, White RG, Harris RC. The potential impact of COVID-19-related disruption on tuberculosis burden. Eur Respir J. 2020 Aug 13;56(2):2001718. doi: 10.1183/13993003.01718-2020. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7278504/
Bhatia V, Mandal PP, Satyanarayana S, et al. Mitigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on progress towards ending tuberculosis in the WHO South-East Asia Region. WHO South East Asia J Public Health. 2020 Sep;9(2):95-99. doi: 10.4103/2224-3151.294300. http://www.who-seajph.org/article.asp?issn=2224-3151;year=2020;volume=9;issue=2;spage=95;epage=99;aulast=Bhatia
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Activity Staff Disclosures:
The planners, reviewers, editors, staff, or other members at the International Society for Infectious Diseases who control content have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
ISID Knowledge Exchange and E-Learning Platform Organizing Committee members are listed here along with Committee members’ disclosure forms.
Faculty Disclosures:
Professor Lulu C. Bravo has no actual or potential conflict of interest in relation to this program/presentation
Professor Francois Venter's disclosures:
Grants/Research Support:
Funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, SA Medical Research Council, National Institutes for Health, AIDS Funds, Unitaid, Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics, the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, USAID. Drug donations from ViiV Healthcare, Merck and Gilead (for investigator-led clinical studies).
- Investigator led studies for Merck and ViiV
- Commercial drug studies for Merck
- Evaluations of diagnostic devices for various biotech companies
Honoraria/Consultation fees:
Gilead, ViiV, Mylan, Merck, Adcock-Ingram, Aspen, Abbott, Roche, J&J, Virology Education
Moderator Disclosures:
Professor Alison Holmes
Grants/Research Support: Co-Supervisor (with the Department of Chemistry) of a PhD fellowship funded through a collaborative programme involving industry partnerships. Industry partner: Shionogi (£15,000 per annum to Imperial College for a PhD studentship)
Spouse/Partner: On the GSK Vaccine Scientific Advisory Board
Dr. Afreenish Amir has no actual or potential conflict of interest in relation to this program/presentation.
Prof Paul Anantharajah Tambyah:
Grants/Research Support: Roche, Arcturus, Johnson and Johnson
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