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COVID-19 and Ramadan 2020: time for reflection

COVID-19 and Ramadan 2020: time for reflection

For 1.8 billion Muslims worldwide, Ramadan 2020 brought unique challenges, as it coincided with the global covid-19 pandemic and implementation of social distancing measures. The…
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COVID-19 and ethnicity: who will research results apply to?

COVID-19 and ethnicity: who will research results apply to?

The toll of COVID-19 is not equal. Evidence globally shows a greater COVID-19 burden with older age, male sex, obesity, comorbidities, and poverty. Early data suggest that people…
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Prevalence of comorbidities and their association with mortality in patients with COVID ‐19: A Systematic Review and Meta‐analysis

Prevalence of comorbidities and their association with mortality in patients with COVID ‐19: A Systematic Review and Meta‐analysis

COVID‐19 is a global pandemic that as of the 4th May has registered over 3,585,711 confirmed cases and 248,780 deaths. This review aims to estimate the prevalence of both cardi…
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Covid-19 and ethnic minorities: an urgent agenda for overdue action

Covid-19 and ethnic minorities: an urgent agenda for overdue action

Demands to address the health inequalities facing ethnic minorities date back at least two decades. Yet it has taken a global pandemic for those demands to be taken seriously. Th…
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Diabetes and COVID-19: Risks, Management, and Learnings From Other National Disasters

Diabetes and COVID-19: Risks, Management, and Learnings From Other National Disasters

Evidence relating to the impact of COVID-19 in people with diabetes (PWD) is limited but continuing to emerge. PWD appear to be at increased risk of more severe COVID-19 infectio…
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Including ‘seldom heard’ views in research: opportunities, challenges and recommendations from focus groups with British South Asian people with type 2 diabetes

Including ‘seldom heard’ views in research: opportunities, challenges and recommendations from focus groups with British South Asian people with type 2 diabetes

The aim of the paper is to reflect on our experiences of conducting focus groups with UK South Asian communities with type 2 diabetes, which involved experienced community partne…
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Obesity and risk of COVID-19: analysis of UK biobank

Obesity and risk of COVID-19: analysis of UK biobank

Whilst emerging evidence has suggested that those with cardiometabolic diseases are at higher risk of severe COVID-19 and resulting complications, less is known about the relativ…
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The impact of ethnicity on clinical outcomes in COVID-19: A systematic review

The impact of ethnicity on clinical outcomes in COVID-19: A systematic review

The relationship between ethnicity and COVID-19 is uncertain. We performed a systematic review to assess whether ethnicity has been reported in patients with COVID-19 and its rel…

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