COVID-19 response strategies: considering inequalities between and within countries

COVID-19 response strategies: considering inequalities between and within countries

Lincoln Leehang Lau, Natalee Hung, Kendall Wilson

Abstract Globally, the COVID-19 pandemic has been uncharted territory, and countries and governments have faced the challenge of implementing response strategies to manage local transmission. High-income settings have the resources to devote significant resources to testing, isolation, and contact tracing. Lower-income settings are pressured to emulate such initiatives, but often lack the resources and infrastructure to do so. We highlight the impact of these between-country inequalities, the within-country inequalities, and the potential magnification of unintended consequences due to COVID-19 control measures.

2020

covid-19, pandemic response, Inequalities, LMICs

10.1186/s12939-020-01254-9

Epidemiology and Health

Korean Society of Epidemiology

Public aspects of medicine