TY - JOUR
T1 - Health equity and COVID-19
T2 - Global perspectives
AU - Shadmi, Efrat
AU - Chen, Yingyao
AU - Dourado, Inês
AU - Faran-Perach, Inbal
AU - Furler, John
AU - Hangoma, Peter
AU - Hanvoravongchai, Piya
AU - Obando, Claudia
AU - Petrosyan, Varduhi
AU - Rao, Krishna D.
AU - Ruano, Ana Lorena
AU - Shi, Leiyu
AU - De Souza, Luis Eugenio
AU - Spitzer-Shohat, Sivan
AU - Sturgiss, Elizabeth
AU - Suphanchaimat, Rapeepong
AU - Uribe, Manuela Villar
AU - Willems, Sara
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Royal Society of Chemistry. All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/6/26
Y1 - 2020/6/26
N2 - The COVID-19 is disproportionally affecting the poor, minorities and a broad range of vulnerable populations, due to its inequitable spread in areas of dense population and limited mitigation capacity due to high prevalence of chronic conditions or poor access to high quality public health and medical care. Moreover, the collateral effects of the pandemic due to the global economic downturn, and social isolation and movement restriction measures, are unequally affecting those in the lowest power strata of societies. To address the challenges to health equity and describe some of the approaches taken by governments and local organizations, we have compiled 13 country case studies from various regions around the world: China, Brazil, Thailand, Sub Saharan Africa, Nicaragua, Armenia, India, Guatemala, United States of America (USA), Israel, Australia, Colombia, and Belgium. This compilation is by nomeans representative or all inclusive, and we encourage researchers to continue advancing global knowledge on COVID-19 health equity related issues, through rigorous research and generation of a strong evidence base of new empirical studies in this field.
AB - The COVID-19 is disproportionally affecting the poor, minorities and a broad range of vulnerable populations, due to its inequitable spread in areas of dense population and limited mitigation capacity due to high prevalence of chronic conditions or poor access to high quality public health and medical care. Moreover, the collateral effects of the pandemic due to the global economic downturn, and social isolation and movement restriction measures, are unequally affecting those in the lowest power strata of societies. To address the challenges to health equity and describe some of the approaches taken by governments and local organizations, we have compiled 13 country case studies from various regions around the world: China, Brazil, Thailand, Sub Saharan Africa, Nicaragua, Armenia, India, Guatemala, United States of America (USA), Israel, Australia, Colombia, and Belgium. This compilation is by nomeans representative or all inclusive, and we encourage researchers to continue advancing global knowledge on COVID-19 health equity related issues, through rigorous research and generation of a strong evidence base of new empirical studies in this field.
KW - Covid-19
KW - Health equity
KW - Humanitarian crisis
KW - Pandemic
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85087140696&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1186/s12939-020-01218-z
DO - 10.1186/s12939-020-01218-z
M3 - Review article
C2 - 32586388
AN - SCOPUS:85087140696
SN - 1475-9276
VL - 19
JO - International Journal for Equity in Health
JF - International Journal for Equity in Health
IS - 1
M1 - 104
ER -