Health Equity

COVID-19: the gendered impacts of the outbreak

Abstract: Recognizing 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.

Publication: The Lancet

Date Published: March 6, 2020

Author(s): Clare Wenham, Julia Smith and Rosemary Morgan

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