The NCD/COVID-19 intimidating relationship: An urgent call for countries in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region

J Glob Health. 2021 Jan 16:11:03010. doi: 10.7189/jogh.11.03010.

Authors

Saverio Bellizzi¹, Gabriele Farina², Luca Cegolon³, Giuseppe Pichierri⁴, Catello M Panu Napodano², Alessio Santoro⁵, Dina Sabry Said⁶, Yehia Alzoubi⁶

Affiliations

¹ Medical Epidemiologist, Independent Consultant, Geneva, Switzerland.
² University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy.
³ Local Health Unit N.2 "Marca Trevigiana", Public Health Department, Treviso, Italy.
⁴ Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Microbiology Unit, Kingston Upon Thames, UK.
⁵ Public Health Specialist, Independent Consultant, Milan, Italy.
⁶ College of Business Administration, American University of the Middle East, Kuwait.

No abstract available

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

COVID-19 / epidemiology*
Comorbidity
Diabetes Mellitus / epidemiology
Diabetes Mellitus / virology
Health Services Accessibility / trends*
Humans
Hypertension / epidemiology
Hypertension / virology
Mediterranean Region / epidemiology
Neoplasms / epidemiology
Neoplasms / virology
Noncommunicable Diseases / epidemiology*
Prevalence
SARS-CoV-2
Universal Health Care
World Health Organization