The Lancet Public Health recently published an article that defines vulnerable communities impacted disproportionately by the COVID-19 pandemic, and offers medium and long term recovery strategies to safe guard these populations. Women and children, elderly people, and the indigenous populations are facing potentially permanent “shocks” to their health that could develop into intergenerational gaps. Barron et al have published a literature search on these communities and make the case of universal health coverage, equity, people-centered policies, and social protection and inclusion as part of country-level recovery strategies.
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