Prevalence of Post COVID-19 Condition among Healthcare Workers: Self-Reported Online Survey in Four African Countries, December 2021–January 2022

The impact of Post COVID-19 Condition (PCC) is ongoing despite the declaration that the 2019 COVID-19 pandemic has ended. In this study, we explore the prevalence of PCC among healthcare workers (HCWs) in four African Countries and its influence on their professional performance. This study was conducted as an online cross-sectional survey of healthcare workers from four African countries (Cameroon, Egypt, Nigeria, and Somalia) between the 20th of December 2021 to 12th of January 2022. We determined the prevalence of PCC based on the WHO case definition and assessed variables associated with a higher prevalence of PCC in these countries using univariable and multivariable logistic regression analyses. A total of 706 HCWs from four African countries were included in this survey. Most of the HCWs were aged between 18–34 years (75.8%, n = 535). Our findings showed that 19.5% (n = 138) of the HCWs had tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. However, 8.4% (n = 59) were symptomatic for COVID-19 but tested negative or were never tested. Two-thirds of the HCWs (66.4%, n = 469) have received a COVID-19 vaccine and 80.6% (n = 378) of those vaccinated had been fully vaccinated. The self-reported awareness rate of PCC among the HCWs was 16.1% (n = 114/706) whereas the awareness rate of PCC among COVID-19-positive HCWs was 55.3% (n = 109/197). The prevalence of PCC among HCWs was 58.8% (n = 116). These changes include the self-reported symptoms of PCC which included headache (58.4%, n = 115), fatigue (58.8%, n = 116), and muscle pain (39.6%, n = 78). Similarly, 30% (n = 59) and 20.8% (n = 41) of the HCWs reported the loss of smell and loss of taste long after their COVID-19 infection, respectively. Some HCWs (42%, n = 83) believed that their work performance has been affected by their ongoing symptoms of PCC. There was no significant difference in the prevalence of PCC among the vaccinated and unvaccinated HCWs (p > 0.05). Of the socio-demographic variables, age (older HCWs between 45–54 years; OR:1.7; 95% CI: 1.06, 10.59; p = 0.001) and location (Egypt; OR:14.57; 95% CI: 2.62, 26.76; p = 0.001) were more likely to have experienced PCC than other age groups and countries respectively. The study revealed a low prevalence of PCC among the surveyed HCWs. In addition, it observed the need for adequate medical and psychological support to HCWs with PCC and improved mass advocacy campaigns on PCC

Certamen Literario 12 de octubre, Día de la Hispanidad : 2021

Cooperación Española / Bata, MalaboPublicación que recoge la propuesta del Consejo Editorial (2021) del “Certamen Literario 12 de Octubre, día de la Hispanidad”, convocado por los Centros Culturales de España en Bata y Malabo entre los escritores en lengua española de aquellos países que comparten vecindad en los Mares de Guinea

Jeu et animation, des évidences en question

Ce dossier rassemble un ensemble d’articles qui tentent de cerner l’articulation entre deux objets complexes : le jeu et l’animation. Les analyses portent sur le monde de l’animation des loisirs pour en montrer les contours incertains et les tensions, essentiellement en France avec une ouverture à la Grande-Bretagne et au Mexique. À partir d’orientations disciplinaires et théoriques diverses et d’outillages méthodologiques variés, les recherches présentées analysent des accueils de loisirs ou, plus largement, des divertissements destinés à des enfants et des jeunes. Elles mettent en évidence la façon dont le jeu trouve plus ou moins sa place dans des pratiques « animées ». Parce qu’elles sont systématiquement traversées par la question éducative, ces pratiques prennent des formes variées, hybrides interrogent la persistance, voire l’existence, de la forme ludique. This issue brings together a set of articles that attempt to identify the articulation between two complex objects: play and animation. The analyses focus on the world of leisure activities to show its uncertain contours and tensions, mainly in France, with an opening into Great Britain and Mexico. Based on a variety of disciplinary and theoretical orientations and methodological tools, the researches presented analyses leisure centres, or more broadly,entertainment for children and young people. Because they are systematically crossed by the educational question, these practices take varied, hybrid forms, question the persistence, even the existence, of the playful form

Prevalence of post COVID-19 condition among healthcare workers : self-reported online survey in four African countries, December 2021-January 2022

DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT : The datasets used and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS : TABLE S1: COVID-19 vaccination status in the four African countries as of 6th June 2023 [30]. TABLE S2: Association between the nationality of HCWs and their COVID-19 positivity, vaccination rate, and awareness of PCC.The impact of Post COVID-19 Condition (PCC) is ongoing despite the declaration that the 2019 COVID-19 pandemic has ended. In this study, we explore the prevalence of PCC among healthcare workers (HCWs) in four African Countries and its influence on their professional performance. This study was conducted as an online cross-sectional survey of healthcare workers from four African countries (Cameroon, Egypt, Nigeria, and Somalia) between the 20th of December 2021 to 12th of January 2022. We determined the prevalence of PCC based on the WHO case definition and assessed variables associated with a higher prevalence of PCC in these countries using univariable and multivariable logistic regression analyses. A total of 706 HCWs from four African countries were included in this survey. Most of the HCWs were aged between 18–34 years (75.8%, n = 535). Our findings showed that 19.5% (n = 138) of the HCWs had tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. However, 8.4% (n = 59) were symptomatic for COVID-19 but tested negative or were never tested. Two-thirds of the HCWs (66.4%, n = 469) have received a COVID-19 vaccine and 80.6% (n = 378) of those vaccinated had been fully vaccinated. The self-reported awareness rate of PCC among the HCWs was 16.1% (n = 114/706) whereas the awareness rate of PCC among COVID-19-positive HCWs was 55.3% (n = 109/197). The prevalence of PCC among HCWs was 58.8% (n = 116). These changes include the self-reported symptoms of PCC which included headache (58.4%, n = 115), fatigue (58.8%, n = 116), and muscle pain (39.6%, n = 78). Similarly, 30% (n = 59) and 20.8% (n = 41) of the HCWs reported the loss of smell and loss of taste long after their COVID-19 infection, respectively. Some HCWs (42%, n = 83) believed that their work performance has been affected by their ongoing symptoms of PCC. There was no significant difference in the prevalence of PCC among the vaccinated and unvaccinated HCWs (p > 0.05). Of the socio-demographic variables, age (older HCWs between 45–54 years; OR:1.7; 95% CI: 1.06, 10.59; p = 0.001) and location (Egypt; OR:14.57; 95% CI: 2.62, 26.76; p = 0.001) were more likely to have experienced PCC than other age groups and countries respectively. The study revealed a low prevalence of PCC among the surveyed HCWs. In addition, it observed the need for adequate medical and psychological support to HCWs with PCC and improved mass advocacy campaigns on PCC.https://www.mdpi.com/journal/covidam2024Veterinary Tropical DiseasesSDG-03:Good heatlh and well-bein