Twangar Kazmi
Biographic Data
| ID | 7754658 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Twangar Kazmi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Twangar |
| FAMILY NAME | Kazmi |
| SIGNATURE | KAZMI T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Aga Khan Development Network |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5430-3440 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Pakistan’s national Covid-19 response
Introduction: In 2020, Pakistan faced the formidable challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic with an existing yet disjointed healthcare infrastructure, that included by over 18,000 public and an estimated 75,000 private health facilities and some elements of an epidemic surveillance and response system. This descriptive study examines how Pakistan developed a COVID-19 response, driven by establishing a central coordination and decision-making mechanis…
School closures help reduce the spread of Covid-19
Closing schools to control COVID-19 transmission has been globally debated, with concerns about children’s education and well-being, and also because of the varied effectiveness of the intervention in studies across the world. This paper aims to determine the effect of school closure policy on the incidence of COVID-19 in Pakistan. A Difference-in-Differences (DiD) analysis compared changes in COVID-19 incidence across cities that completely (Isl…
Covid-19 vaccination acceptance in underserved urban areas of Islamabad and Rawalpindi
We found low lived experience with COVID-19 infection in urban slums, with moderate willingness to vaccinate and low vaccination uptake. Interventions that seek to vaccinate individuals against COVID-19 must account for urban poor settlement populations and overcome structural barriers such as distance from vaccination services, perhaps by bringing such services to these communities
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School closures help reduce the spread of Covid-19
Closing schools to control COVID-19 transmission has been globally debated, with concerns about children’s education and well-being, and also because of the varied effectiveness of the intervention in studies across the world. This paper aims to determine the effect of school closure policy on the incidence of COVID-19 in Pakistan. A Difference-in-Differences (DiD) analysis compared changes in COVID-19 incidence across cities that completely (Isl…
Covid-19 vaccination acceptance in underserved urban areas of Islamabad and Rawalpindi
We found low lived experience with COVID-19 infection in urban slums, with moderate willingness to vaccinate and low vaccination uptake. Interventions that seek to vaccinate individuals against COVID-19 must account for urban poor settlement populations and overcome structural barriers such as distance from vaccination services, perhaps by bringing such services to these communities
Pakistan’s national Covid-19 response
Introduction: In 2020, Pakistan faced the formidable challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic with an existing yet disjointed healthcare infrastructure, that included by over 18,000 public and an estimated 75,000 private health facilities and some elements of an epidemic surveillance and response system. This descriptive study examines how Pakistan developed a COVID-19 response, driven by establishing a central coordination and decision-making mechanis…
Medicine (3 works) · COVID-19 epidemiological studies (2 works) · Demography (2 works) · 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak (1 work) · Betacoronavirus (1 work) · Biostatistics (1 work) · Coronavirus Infections (1 work) · COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (1 work) · COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts (1 work) · Cross-sectional study (1 work)