Here, we present the scope of funded research activity focussed on the indirect health impacts of COVID-19, drawing on evidence from the January 2023 update of the Living Mapping Review (LMR) of COVID-19 funded research projects and the UKCDR/GLOPID-R COVID-19 Research Project Tracker. [...] The largest number of projects have been funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) (259 projects), National Institute for Health (200) and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) (160). [...] The next highest numbers were within the areas of acceptance of and adherence to public health measures for COVID-19 prevention and control (381, 19% of all projects) and clinical care and health system approaches for supporting the physical health and psychosocial needs of those providing care for COVID-19 patients (149, 8%). [...] However, 340 (26%) were coded against acceptance of and adherence to public health measures for COVID-19 prevention and control, and 144 (11%) were coded against clinical care and health system approaches for supporting the physical health and psychosocial needs of those providing care for COVID-19 patients. [...] WHO recently published that the “global prevalence of anxiety and depression increased by a massive 25%” during the first year of the pandemic and urged countries to improve the ways in which they support their populations’ mental health [6].
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