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COVID-19 Response Strategies: Considering Inequalities Between and Within Countries

Overview
Journal Int J Equity Health
Publisher Biomed Central
Specialties Health Services
Public Health
Date 2020 Aug 14
PMID 32787914
Citations 15
Authors
Lincoln Leehang Lau
Natalee Hung
Kendall Wilson
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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.

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