Health equity and COVID-19: global perspectives

• Main Authors: Efrat Shadmi (Author), Yingyao Chen (Author), Inês Dourado (Author), Inbal Faran-Perach (Author), John Furler (Author), Peter Hangoma (Author), Piya Hanvoravongchai (Author), Claudia Obando (Author), Varduhi Petrosyan (Author), Krishna D. Rao (Author), Ana Lorena Ruano (Author), Leiyu Shi (Author), Luis Eugenio de Souza (Author), Sivan Spitzer-Shohat (Author), Elizabeth Sturgiss (Author), Rapeepong Suphanchaimat (Author), Manuela Villar Uribe (Author), Sara Willems (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract 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...