Trauma patterns during the COVID-19 lockdown in South Africa expose vulnerability of women.

CONCLUSIONS: The study showed that during the period of lockdown in SA there was a significant decrease in MVAs, PVAs and interpersonal violence. Assaults involving a knife seemed to decrease dramatically, but the rate of GSWs remained constant. PMID: 33403988 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33403988?dopt=Abstract

Source: South African Medical Journal - January 7, 2021 Category: African Health Tags: S Afr Med J Source Type: research