The puzzle of Covid-19 in Central America and Panama

Bibliographic Data

ID19550236
AuthorsAndy A Pearson (0000-0003-4432-9695, Instituto Centroamericano de Administración de Empresas), Andrea M Prado, Andrea Prado (0000-0001-7329-2938, Instituto Centroamericano de Administración de Empresas), Forrest D Colburn (City University of New York)
Year2021
Volume11
Pages03077-03077
Publication date2021-06-05
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Global Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2047-2978 • E-ISSN: 2047-2986
PublisherInternational Global Health Society (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.7189/jogh.11.03077
PMID34131484
OpenAlexW3167816280
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited3

T he novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, which causes the infectious disease COVID-19, was declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) in March 2020 to be a pandemic. It is alarming how quickly and destructively it spread throughout the world. However, the disease has struck countries, and even regions, with varying intensity, raising questions about what makes populations vulnerable and about public policies' effectiveness to control the virus. The Central American isthmus embraces the five Central American countries (which were once a single political unit) and Panama (which was formerly a province of Colombia). These six countries are not only tucked together into a corner of the world, but they are all small countries sharing a relatively common history and culture. Nonetheless, the official data as of April 2021 on COVID-19 from each country in the region reveals that the six coutries have suffered unequally from the pandemic

Biology · Developing country · Development economics · Disease · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Latin Americans · Mortality rate · Panama · Pandemic · Political science · Public health · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Demography · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology · Healthcare Systems and Reforms · Law · Medicine · Public Health and Social Inequalities