Factors Associated With Mortality Among the COVID-19 Patients Treated at Gulu Regional Referral Hospital

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dc.contributor.authorMuthengi, Eunice
dc.contributor.authorOlum, Ronald
dc.contributor.authorChandra-Mouli, Venkatraman
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-22T12:55:46Z
dc.date.available2023-01-22T12:55:46Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractChild marriage continues to be an important public health and social challenge even in the 21st century. Globally, approximately 12 million girls are married as children annually and, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was estimated that over 120 million additional girls would be married as children by 2030 if programs to prevent child marriage are not accelerated [1]. Sub- Saharan Africa carries the greatest prevalence of child marriage, with approximately 35% of women married before the age of 18, followed by South Asia with nearly 30% [1]. Although child marriage rates are declining globally, the decline is uneven across regions, between countries and within countries [2]. The greatest reductions have been observed in South Asia and the least in sub- Saharan Africa, but the situation could well be exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which threatens to slow down progress [3,4]. Child marriage has far-reaching impacts. Low- and middleincome countries are estimated to lose trillions of dollars because of child marriage by 2030 [5], the date set by the Sustainable Development Goals for the elimination of the practice [6]. There has been a huge increase in research and in concerted program implementation efforts to prevent child marriage; as a result, a range of effective interventions have been identified [7]. However, more needs to be done to ensure that proven interventions are appropriately selected to match local contexts and implemented at scale with quality and equity to achieve the desired impacts.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMuthengi, E., Olum, R., & Chandra-Mouli, V. (2021). Context Matters—One Size Does Not Fit All When Designing Interventions to Prevent Child Marriage. Journal of Adolescent Health, 69(6), S1-S3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2021.09.018en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2021.09.018
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/7103
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Adolescent Healthen_US
dc.subjectContext Mattersen_US
dc.subjectChild Marriageen_US
dc.titleFactors Associated With Mortality Among the COVID-19 Patients Treated at Gulu Regional Referral Hospitalen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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