Gyasi Razak M, Anderson Eugenia A
African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), Nairobi, Kenya.
Department of History and Political Studies, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
Public Health Pract (Oxf). 2020 Nov;1:100019. doi: 10.1016/j.puhip.2020.100019. Epub 2020 Dec 22.
The outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has demonstrated the urgency to reconsider social behavior and the health system quality to efficiently support and improve global health. Diverse global and country-specific mechanisms to fight COVID-19 have been displyed, but the gendered analysis of these efforts still remain too little too late. A critical consideration of the brunt of health and socioeconomic crises through gender lenses can improve understanding and direction of our efforts during pandemics. We, therefore, argue that building gender responsive national policies and practices will ensure equitable and salient public health opportunities during COVID-19.
2019年新型冠状病毒病(COVID-19)的爆发表明,重新审视社会行为和卫生系统质量以有效支持和改善全球健康已刻不容缓。全球和各国针对抗击COVID-19采取了多种机制,但对这些努力的性别分析仍然太少且为时已晚。通过性别视角批判性地考虑健康和社会经济危机的冲击,有助于在大流行期间增进我们对相关工作的理解并明确方向。因此,我们认为制定对性别问题有敏感认识的国家政策和做法将确保在COVID-19期间实现公平且显著的公共卫生机遇。