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Safeguarding people living in vulnerable conditions in the COVID-19 era through universal health coverage and social protection

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Barron, Gabriela Cuevas, Laryea-Adjei, George, Vike-Freiberga, Vaira, Abubakar, Ibrahim, Dakkak, Henia, Devakumar, Delanjathan, Johnsson, Anders, Karabey, Selma +15 more·2022·The Lancet Public Health

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic is unprecedented. The pandemic not only induced a public health crisis, but has led to severe economic, social, and educational crises. Across economies and societies, the distributional consequences of the pandemic have been uneven. Among groups living in vulnerable conditions, the pandemic substantially magnified the inequality gaps, with possible negative implications for these individuals' long-term physical, socioeconomic, and mental wellbeing. This Viewpoint proposes priority, programmatic, and policy recommendations that governments, resource partners, and relevant stakeholders should consider in formulating medium-term to long-term strategies for preventing the spread of COVID-19, addressing the virus's impacts, and decreasing health inequalities. The world is at a never more crucial moment, requiring collaboration and cooperation from all sectors to mitigate the inequality gaps and improve people's health and wellbeing with universal health coverage and social protection, in addition to implementation of the health in all policies approach.

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Barron, G. C., Laryea-Adjei, G., Vike-Freiberga, V., Abubakar, I., Dakkak, H., Devakumar, D., Johnsson, A., Karabey, S., Labonté, R., Legido-Quigley, H., Lloyd-Sherlock, P., Olufadewa, I. I., Ray, H. C., Redlener, I., Redlener, K., Serageldin, I., Lima, N. T., Viana, V., Zappone, K., Huynh, U. K., Schlosberg, N., Sun, H., & Karadag, O.
Affiliations
  • United Nations Children's Fund (US)
  • University College London (GB)
  • United Nations Population Fund (US)
  • Istanbul University (TR)
  • University of Ottawa (CA)
  • University of East Anglia (GB)
  • Children's Health Fund (US)
  • Bibliotheca Alexandrina (EG)
Venue
The Lancet Public Health
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2022-01
Volume
7
Issue
1
Pages
e86-e92
ISSN
2468-2667 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4200489294
Cited by
135
References
10
Citations by year
2026: 15 · 2025: 23 · 2024: 24 · 2023: 49 · 2022: 20 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 1
FWCI
13.12
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • The Lancet Public Health (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • UEA Digital Repository (University of East Anglia) (acceptedVersion)
  • Arca - Repositório Institucional da Fiocruz (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
  • LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Health › Public Health and Social Inequalities
  • Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Finance › Healthcare Systems and Reforms
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Public Health Policies and Education
Keywords
COVID-19 pandemic, vulnerable populations, universal health coverage, social protection, health disparities, Health in All Policies, psychological well-being, pandemic response policy, health equity
MeSH terms
COVID-19, Health Inequities, Humans, Public Health, Public Policy, Global Health, Universal Health Insurance, Vulnerable Populations

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