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COVID-19: The Gendered Impacts of the Outbreak

Authored by: Clare Wenham, Julia Smith, Rosemary Morgan

Categories: Global Public Health
Sub-Categories: COVID-19
Year: 2020
Citation: Wenham, Clare, Julia Smith, Rosemary Morgan. "COVID-19: The gendered impacts of the outbreak." The Lancet, vol. 395. March 2020: 10227. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30526-2/fulltext#articleInformation

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Abstract

Policies and public health efforts have not addressed the gendered impacts of disease outbreaks. The response to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) appears no different. We are not aware of any gender analysis of the outbreak by global health institutions or governments in affected countries or in preparedness phases. Recognising the extent to which disease outbreaks affect women and men differently is a fundamental step to understanding the primary and secondary effects of a health emergency on different individuals and communities, and for creating effective, equitable policies and interventions.