This article collection in International Journal for Equity in Health showcases global research on health inequalities in the context of COVID 19. It showcases state of the art analyses and recently developed resources that illuminate inequalities while also setting us on the path to address the challenges of inequity that the pandemic has revealed and exacerbated.
Volume 21 Supplement 3
COVID-19 and inequality
Research
Publication of this supplement was funded by the Global Affairs Canada (GAC). The articles have undergone the journal's standard peer review process for supplements. The Supplement Editors were not involved in the peer review of any supplement articles they co-authored. No other competing interests were declared.
Edited by Ahmad Reza Hosseinpoor, Devaki Nambiar, Katherine Kirkby, Ana Lorena Ruano, and Stephen Mac Feely.
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Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2023 21(Suppl 3):194
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Education-related inequalities in beliefs and behaviors pertaining to COVID-19 non-pharmaceutical interventions
The coronavirus pandemic has exposed existing social inequalities in relation to disease preventive behaviors, risk of exposure, testing and healthcare access, and consequences as a result of illness and conta...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21(Suppl 3):158 -
The global inequity in COVID-19 vaccination coverage among health and care workers
Health and care workers (HCWs) are at the forefront of COVID-19 response, at high risk of infection, and as a result they are a priority group for COVID-19 vaccination. This paper presents the global patterns ...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21(Suppl 3):147 -
Health Equity Assessment Toolkit (HEAT and HEAT Plus): exploring inequalities in the COVID-19 pandemic era
The Sustainable Development Goals have helped to focus attention on the importance of reducing inequality and ‘leaving no one behind’. Monitoring health inequalities is essential for providing evidence to info...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21(Suppl 3):172 -
Promoting equity in health emergencies through health systems strengthening: lessons learned from disability inclusion in the COVID-19 pandemic
Discriminatory health systems and inequalities in service provision inevitably create barriers for certain populations in a health emergency. Persons with disabilities have been disproportionately affected by ...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21(Suppl 3):149 -
The World Health Organization COVID-19 surveillance database
In January 2020, SARS-CoV-2 virus was identified as a cause of an outbreak in China. The disease quickly spread worldwide, and the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the pandemic in March 2020.
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21(Suppl 3):167 -
Unaffordability of COVID-19 tests: assessing age-related inequalities in 83 countries
Diagnostic testing for SARS-CoV-2 is critical to manage the pandemic and its different waves. The requirement to pay out-of-pocket (OOP) for testing potentially represents both a financial barrier to access an...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21(Suppl 3):177 -
Action on the social determinants for advancing health equity in the time of COVID-19: perspectives of actors engaged in a WHO Special Initiative
Since the 2008 publication of the reports of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health and its nine knowledge networks, substantial research has been undertaken to document and describe health inequities...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2023 21(Suppl 3):193
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