Non-communicable disease and mental health care during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa: Perspectives from selected healthcare professionals and patients
Policies are needed to ensure that NCD care will not be neglected during future crises and to encourage PLWNCDs to access healthcare services timeously during such periods. Potential strategies may utilise digital health apps to improve care and to address the mental healthcare needs of PLWNCDs.
Authors
- Kibachio Joseph Mwangi
- André Pascal Kengne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5183-131X)
- Michel Oris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6435-9448)
- Nasheeta Peer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2131-8344)
- Sugitha Sureshkumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2607-7316)
- Tshephang Mashiane
Institutions
- South African Medical Research Council (ZA)
- University of Geneva (CH)
- World Health Organization - Pakistan (PK)
- University of Cape Town (ZA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2025-05-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0318156
- Primary Topic
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00