Faculty of Medicine and Health: Recent submissions
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Vitamin C as a Possible Therapy for COVID-19
Published 2020Kim et al. reviewed potential therapeutic approaches against coronavirus diseases 2019 (COVID-19). We would like to propose that vitamin C should also be included as a possible treatment as it has numerous effects on the ...Article -
Scaling-Up Food Policies in the Pacific Islands: Protocol for Policy Engagement and Mixed Methods Evaluation of Intervention Implementation
Published 2020Abstract Background Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) have been declared a crisis in the Pacific Islands, and poor diets are a major contributor to this. The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic crisis will likely ...Article -
Pharmacists’ perceived barriers towards delivering their emergency roles during the COVID-19 pandemic and perceived policymakers’ responsibilities
Published 2020Rational: In March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the coronavirus infectious disease as a pandemic referred to as COVID-19. As an essential service, community pharmacists have been enacting a key role ...Preprint -
ISUOG Safety Committee Position Statement on safe performance of obstetric and gynecological scans and equipment cleaning in context of COVID‐19
Published 2020In view of the challenges of the current coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and to protect both patients and ultrasound providers (physicians, sonographers, allied professionals), ISUOG has compiled the following expert-opinion-based ...Article -
Aerosol generating procedures and infective risk to healthcare workers: SARS-CoV-2 - the limits of the evidence
Published 2020The transmission behaviour of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is still being defined. It is likely that it is transmitted predominantly by droplets and direct contact and it is possible that ...Article