Salami Victory U, Okoduwa Stanley I R, Chris Aimee O, Ayilara Susannah I, Okoduwa Ugochi J
Scientific and Industrial Research Department, National Research Institute for Chemical Technology, Zaria, Nigeria.
Department of Biochemistry, Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Nigeria.
Front Glob Womens Health. 2021 May 13;2:647421. doi: 10.3389/fgwh.2021.647421. eCollection 2021.
The global battle to survive the onslaughts of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) started in December 2019 and continues today. Women and girls have borne the brunt of the hardship resulting from the health crises. This paper examined the effects of COVID-19 on women. Socioeconomic factors resulting from the pandemic, especially in relation to women's health, were discussed after studying published articles. They include gender specificity and COVID-19, the economic toll of COVID-19 on women, pregnancy and COVID-19, gender-based violence due to COVID-19, and health-care impacts of COVID-19. Making up the majority in the healthcare workforce, women were at higher risk of infection with COVID-19 due to their exposure as caregivers to infected patients. The pandemic took its toll on them as part of the greater population in the informal sector of the economy due to the lockdown directive, as many experienced severe monetary shortages and job losses. Pregnant women infected with COVID-19 were prone to severe diseases, maternal complications, and death due to their weakened immunity and exposure during clinical procedures. Gender-based violence was observed to have increased across the globe for women. The results of this review strongly indicate that women are disproportionately affected by the ongoing COVID-19 health crisis. This review will help health-care professionals and policymakers arrive at properly-thought-through decisions to better manage health crises. Governments and all key players should address the challenge by devising effective policies with a gendered view.
全球抗击2019冠状病毒病（COVID-19）冲击的战斗始于2019年12月，至今仍在继续。妇女和女孩首当其冲地承受了健康危机带来的艰难困苦。本文研究了COVID-19对妇女的影响。在研究已发表的文章后，讨论了疫情带来的社会经济因素，特别是与妇女健康相关的因素。这些因素包括性别特异性与COVID-19、COVID-19对妇女的经济影响、怀孕与COVID-19、COVID-19导致的基于性别的暴力以及COVID-19对医疗保健的影响。由于女性作为护理人员接触感染患者，她们在医护人员中占大多数，感染COVID-19的风险更高。由于封锁指令，作为经济非正规部门更大人口群体的一部分，疫情给她们带来了损失，许多人经历了严重的资金短缺和失业。感染COVID-19的孕妇由于免疫力减弱以及在临床程序中的接触，容易患上严重疾病、出现孕产妇并发症并死亡。据观察，全球针对妇女的基于性别的暴力有所增加。本次综述的结果有力地表明，妇女在当前的COVID-19健康危机中受到的影响尤为严重。这篇综述将有助于医护专业人员和政策制定者做出深思熟虑的决策，以更好地应对健康危机。政府和所有关键行为者应通过制定具有性别视角的有效政策来应对这一挑战。
