“Prevent, detect, contain and treat”: following the pillars of its pandemic preparedness and response framework, Germany’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic has been praised for its low fatality rate. However, the conventional prioritization of immediate biomedical needs as the primary guiding principle in outbreak management arguably came at a cost for other systemic issues. Numerous groups paid […]
Being Cared for in the Context of Crisis: Austerity, COVID-19, and Racialized Politics This article presents an investigation into the racialized and gendered dynamics of the intensifying crisis in care for older people in the United Kingdom. Deploying a feminist political economy framework, we reveal how the care crisis is an intersectional crisis of social […]
By Alice Murage The global monkeypox virus outbreak was declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization in July 2022 when cases were reported in over 70 countries and territories. In Canada, and many similar countries, the government responded by initiating a vaccination campaign targeting those identifying as gay or […]
Monkeypox vaccination for sex workers: Evidence to inform equity-based responses BACKGROUND On July 23, 2022, the World Health Organization declared the global monkeypox virus (MPXV) outbreak a public health emergency of international concern at a time when over 16,000 cases were reported in 75 countries and territories. As of August 31, 2022, the number of […]
Objective: This study aimed to investigate how COVID-19 prevention policies influenced the COVID-19 incidence in men and women. Methods: We conducted a retrospective longitudinal study using the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health and the Spanish Ministry of Health surveillance data for February 2020–June 2021 to explore sex and age differences in COVID-19 cases and testing. The […]
For many people across the globe, the COVID-19 pandemic presented various challenges— movement was restricted, many businesses were shuttered, and learning was temporarily halted. The health systems in some regions, particularly those in low and middle-income countries (LMICs), were tested; understaffing, low budgets, and poor infrastructure were common features before being compelled to reroute, reorganise […]
Abstract In addition to the direct health impacts of COVID-19, government and household mitigation measures have triggered negative indirect economic, educational, and food and health system impacts, hitting low-and middle-income countries the hardest and disproportionately affecting women and girls. We conducted a gender focused analysis on five critical and interwoven crises that have emerged because […]
ABSTRACT The gendered impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, beyond infection and fatality rates, can be seen across a range of broader social and economic issues including care overload, domestic violence, unemployment and job loss, and housing insecurity. On the whole, government public policy in response to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic has […]
Profissionais de Saúde da equipe expandida contra a Covid-19 da Região Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte Este relatório apresenta resultados da pesquisa “A Covid-19 na Região Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte: análise dos impactos sociais da pandemia entre profissionais de saúde” coordenada pelo núcleo da Fiocruz Minas como parte da pesquisa “Covid-19, risco, impacto e resposta de […]
Produção Legislativa e Grupos Minorizados nos dois primeiros anos da Pandemia no Brasil Esta nota técnica apresenta os primeiros resultados da pesquisa sobre a produção legislativa no período da pandemia COVID-19 diretamente relacionada a grupos minorizados (gênero, sexualidade, raça, etnia, classe, geração, dentre outros) nos anos de 2020 e 2021. A pesquisa teve a coordenação […]
