Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Pharmacy, College of Health and Medical Sciences, Haramaya University, Harar, Ethiopia.
Department of Social Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, College of Health and Medical Sciences, Haramaya University, Harar, Ethiopia.
Front Public Health. 2021 May 5;9:614789. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.614789. eCollection 2021.
Coronavirus disease in 2019 emerged in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, in December 2019. After a month, it was declared a global threat to public health. The effects of the pandemic could be socio-economic, undermining the health system and risking livelihoods. Vulnerability to this infection has been associated with underlying comorbidities such as hypertension, diabetes, coronary heart disease, chronic respiratory diseases, cancer, and compromised immune systems. Co-morbidity has been common to the elderly, the disabled, and the homeless. In addition, more severe coronavirus disease outcomes have been reported in older males than females. Nonetheless, multiple variables are related to the concept of cultural gender that should be taken into account as women in more affected sectors are economically disadvantageous and over-represented. Similarly, although children are not the face of this pandemic, calamity has a profound effect on their welfare, especially for those living in poor and inconvenient situations. Moreover, the economic influence could be profound and universal when viewed through a migration lens as it is exacerbating xenophobic and discriminatory treatment. Protection measures to mitigate the outbreak of a pandemic, such as social distancing, may reduce social support for certain categories relied on for their day-to-day activities. The mental health of people would definitely be affected by the additional psychosocial burden of the pandemic, particularly in vulnerable groups. Integrated approaches are therefore mandatory to assist these groups and contain the pandemic.
2019 年的冠状病毒疾病于 2019 年 12 月在中国湖北省武汉市爆发。一个月后，它被宣布对全球公共卫生构成威胁。大流行的影响可能是社会经济方面的，会破坏卫生系统并威胁到人们的生计。感染的易感性与高血压、糖尿病、冠心病、慢性呼吸道疾病、癌症和免疫系统受损等潜在合并症有关。这种传染病在老年人、残疾人和无家可归者中很常见。此外，据报道，年龄较大的男性比女性更容易出现更严重的冠状病毒疾病。尽管如此，与文化性别概念相关的多个变量仍应加以考虑，因为受影响较大的女性在经济上处于不利地位，且人数过多。同样，尽管儿童不是这场大流行的主角，但这场灾难对他们的福利产生了深远的影响，特别是对于那些生活在贫困和不便环境中的儿童。此外，从移民角度来看，大流行的经济影响是深远而普遍的，因为它加剧了仇外和歧视性待遇。为了减轻大流行的爆发而采取的保护措施，如保持社交距离，可能会减少某些类别的社会支持，这些群体依靠这些社会支持来维持日常生活。人们的心理健康肯定会受到大流行带来的额外社会心理负担的影响，尤其是在弱势群体中。因此，必须采取综合方法来帮助这些群体并控制大流行。
