COVID-19 response strategies: considering inequalities between and within countries
Lincoln 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.
Topics & Concepts
Contact tracingCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)PandemicInequalityUnintended consequencesPublic healthIsolation (microbiology)Health services researchSocial policyEconomic inequalityEconomic growthDevelopment economicsPublic economicsBusinessPolitical scienceEconomicsHealth careMedicineDiseaseMathematicsLawMicrobiologyMathematical analysisInfectious disease (medical specialty)NursingBiologyPathologyCOVID-19 epidemiological studiesCOVID-19 Digital Contact TracingViral Infections and Outbreaks Research