COVID-19 pandemic: a unique opportunity to 'build back fairer' and reduce health inequities in the Eastern Mediterranean Region.
Journal
Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale = al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawassit
ISSN: 1687-1634
Titre abrégé: East Mediterr Health J
Pays: Egypt
ID NLM: 9608387
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
23 Mar 2021
23 Mar 2021
Historique:
entrez:
31
3
2021
pubmed:
1
4
2021
medline:
15
4
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Evidence has shown that some of the major causes of health inequities arise from the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age, in addition to a wider set of forces and systems shaping individuals' and societies' health and well-being. Such conditions are known as the 'social determinants of health'. However, efforts to address these determinants have remained challenging and unsatisfactory in many parts of the world, including in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. Policies to contain the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic have further exposed and amplified the existing and even created new dimensions in social and health inequities, as we elaborate further below. Meanwhile, the pandemic offers a unique opportunity to tackle inequities and build back fairer.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33788208
doi: 10.26719/2021.27.3.217
doi:
Types de publication
Editorial
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
217-219Subventions
Organisme : World Health Organization
ID : 001
Pays : International
Informations de copyright
Copyright © World Health Organization (WHO) 2021. Open Access. Some rights reserved. This work is available under the CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/igo).