Safeguarding people living in vulnerable conditions in the COVID-19 era through universal health coverage and social protection.

Journal: The Lancet. Public health

Volume: 7

Issue: 1

Year of Publication: 2022

Affiliated Institutions:  Parliament at the Mexican Congress, Mexico City, Mexico. UNICEF, Kathmandu, Nepal. Riga, Latvia. Institute for Global Health, UCL, London, UK. Policy and Liaison Unit/Humanitarian Office, UNFPA, New York, NY, USA. Malmo, Sweden. Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey. School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada. Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore. School of International Development, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. Slum and Rural Health Initiative, Ibadan, Nigeria. The National Center For Faith Based Initiative, Palm Beach, FL, USA. Pandemic Resource and Response Initiative, New York, NY, USA. Children's Health Fund, New York, NY, USA. Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt. Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Foundation for Amazon Sustainability (FAS), Manaus, Brazil. New York, NY, USA. UNICEF, New York, NY, USA. Center for Sustainable Development, Earth Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA. Electronic address: ok@columbia.edu.

Abstract summary 

The COVID-19 pandemic is unprecedented. The pandemic not only induced a public health crisis, but has led to severe economic, social, and educational crises. Across economies and societies, the distributional consequences of the pandemic have been uneven. Among groups living in vulnerable conditions, the pandemic substantially magnified the inequality gaps, with possible negative implications for these individuals' long-term physical, socioeconomic, and mental wellbeing. This Viewpoint proposes priority, programmatic, and policy recommendations that governments, resource partners, and relevant stakeholders should consider in formulating medium-term to long-term strategies for preventing the spread of COVID-19, addressing the virus's impacts, and decreasing health inequalities. The world is at a never more crucial moment, requiring collaboration and cooperation from all sectors to mitigate the inequality gaps and improve people's health and wellbeing with universal health coverage and social protection, in addition to implementation of the health in all policies approach.

Authors & Co-authors:  Barron Gabriela Cuevas GC Laryea-Adjei George G Vike-Freiberga Vaira V Abubakar Ibrahim I Dakkak Henia H Devakumar Delanjathan D Johnsson Anders A Karabey Selma S Labonté Ronald R Legido-Quigley Helena H Lloyd-Sherlock Peter P Olufadewa Isaac Iyinoluwa II Ray Harold Calvin HC Redlener Irwin I Redlener Karen K Serageldin Ismail I Lima Nisia Trindade NT Viana Virgilio V Zappone Katherine K Huynh Uyen Kim UK Schlosberg Nicole N Sun Hanlu H Karadag Ozge O

Study Outcome 

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Citations :  OECD Social economy and the COVID-19 crisis: current and future roles. July 30, 2020. https://read.oecd-ilibrary.org/view/?ref=135_135367-031kjiq7v4&title=Social-economy-and-the-COVID-19-crisis-current-and-future-roles
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Identifiers
Doi : 10.1016/S2468-2667(21)00235-8
SSN : 2468-2667
Study Population
Male,Female
Mesh Terms
COVID-19
Other Terms
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Country of Study
Publication Country
England