Expected Impacts of Covid-19

Considering Resource-Limited Countries and Vulnerable Population

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ID22089906
AutoresTigist Gashaw (0000-0002-4419-739X, Haramaya University, autor correspondente), Bisrat Hagos (0000-0001-8883-3223, Haramaya University), Mekonnen Sisay (0000-0001-6611-1174, Haramaya University)
Ano2021
Volume9
Páginas614789-614789
Data de publicação2021-05-05
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoFrontiers in Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2296-2565 • E-ISSN: 2296-2565
EditoraFrontiers Media SA (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fpubh.2021.614789
PMID34026704
OpenAlexW3157919928
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas6
Referências citadas116

Coronavirus disease in 2019 emerged in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, in December 2019. After a month, it was declared a global threat to public health. The effects of the pandemic could be socio-economic, undermining the health system and risking livelihoods. Vulnerability to this infection has been associated with underlying comorbidities such as hypertension, diabetes, coronary heart disease, chronic respiratory diseases, cancer, and compromised immune systems. Co-morbidity has been common to the elderly, the disabled, and the homeless. In addition, more severe coronavirus disease outcomes have been reported in older males than females. Nonetheless, multiple variables are related to the concept of cultural gender that should be taken into account as women in more affected sectors are economically disadvantageous and over-represented. Similarly, although children are not the face of this pandemic, calamity has a profound effect on their welfare, especially for those living in poor and inconvenient situations. Moreover, the economic influence could be profound and universal when viewed through a migration lens as it is exacerbating xenophobic and discriminatory treatment. Protection measures to mitigate the outbreak of a pandemic, such as social distancing, may reduce social support for certain categories relied on for their day-to-day activities. The mental health of people would definitely be affected by the additional psychosocial burden of the pandemic, particularly in vulnerable groups. Integrated approaches are therefore mandatory to assist these groups and contain the pandemic

Development economics · Disease · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Geography · Livelihood · Pandemic · Population · Psychiatry · Psychosocial · Public health · Social distance · COVID-19 and Mental Health · COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts · Employment and Welfare Studies · Medicine