Author, year of publication	Title	Study design	Details of participants	Country	Mode of survey	Results
Yitayih et al., 2021	The mental health of healthcare professionals during the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ethiopia.	Cross-sectional	249 HCWs	Ethiopia	Questionnaire	Mental health was associated with working in the hospital, stigmatization, being of younger age, suffering from insomnia and lack of access to COVID-19 updates
Shah et al., 2021	Mental health disorders among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional survey from three major hospitals in Kenya.	Cross-sectional	433 HCWs	Kenya	Questionnaire	Mental health was associated with a lack of resources such as personal protective equipment (PPE), a lack of training on how to take care of COVID-19 patients, being a front-line worker, female by gender, and being a medical doctor.
Kwobah et al., 2021	Mental Disorders Among Health Care Workers at the Early Phase of COVID-19 Pandemic in Kenya; Findings of an Online Descriptive Survey.	Cross-sectional	1259 HCWs	Kenya	Questionnaire	Mental health problems were associated with the female gender, young employees below the age of 30 years, being unmarried, and work experience of fewer than 10 years
Mekonen, Shetie and Muluneh, 2021	The Psychological Impact of COVID-19 Outbreak on Nurses Working in the Northwest of Amhara Regional State Referral Hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia.	Cross-sectional	320 nurses	Ethiopia	Questionnaire	Mental health problems were due to a change in work shifts and working at night, having a chronic condition, a member of a family suffering from COVID-19, a history of mental health, negative feedback from families, lack of COVID-19 management guidelines, and fear of infecting loved ones if contracted the disease.