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A vulnerability index for COVID-19: spatial analysis at the subnational level in Kenya

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Background Response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic calls for precision public health reflecting our improved understanding of who is the most vulnerable and their geographical location. We created three vulnerability indices to identify areas and people who require greater support while elucidating health inequities to inform emergency response in Kenya. Methods Geospatial indicators were assembled to create three vulnerability indices; Social VulnerabilityIndex (SVI), E...

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Published
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Peer reviewed

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10.1136/bmjgh-2020-003014

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ORCID:
0000-0003-3410-1881
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0000-0002-0509-1373
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Institution:
University of Oxford
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MSD
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NDM
Sub department:
Tropical Medicine
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0000-0001-9543-8360
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BMJ Publishing Group Publisher's website
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BMJ Global Health Journal website
Volume:
5
Issue:
8
Article number:
e003014
Publication date:
2020-08-24
Acceptance date:
2020-07-15
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2059-7908
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32839197

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