COVID-19 and inequities in the Americas: lessons learned and implications for essential health services
Rev Panam Salud Publica
; 45, dec. 2021
Artigo
em Inglês
| PAHO-IRIS
| ID: phr-55418
Biblioteca responsável:
US1.1
ABSTRACT
[ABSTRACT]. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated social, economic, and health-related disparities, which disproportionately affect persons living in conditions of vulnerability. Such populations include ethnic groups who face discrimination and experience barriers to accessing comprehensive health care. The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed these health disparities, and disruptions of essential health services have further widened the gaps in access to health care. Noncommunicable diseases are more prevalent among groups most impacted by poor social determinants of health and have been associated with an increased likelihood of severe COVID-19 disease and higher mortality. Disruptions in the provision of essential health services for noncommunicable diseases, mental health, communicable diseases such as HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria, and maternal and child health services (including sexual and reproductive health), are projected to also increase poor health outcomes. Other challenges have been an increased frequency of interpersonal violence and food insecurity. Countries in the Americas have responded to the disruptions caused by the pandemic by means of health service delivery through telemedicine and other digital solutions and stepping up social service support interventions. As vaccinations for COVID-19 create the opportunity to overcome the pandemic, countries must strengthen primary health care and essential health services with a view to ensuring equity, if the region is to achieve universal health coverage in fulfillment of the Sustainable Development Goals.
Texto completo:
Disponível
Coleções:
Bases de dados de organismos internacionais
Contexto em Saúde:
Agenda de Saúde Sustentável para as Américas
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ODS3 - Saúde e Bem-Estar
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Doenças Negligenciadas
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ODS3 - Meta 3.1 Reduzir a Mortalidade Materna
Problema de saúde:
Objetivo 1: Acesso equitativo aos serviços de saúde
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Meta 3.8 Atingir a cobertura universal de saúde
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Meta 3.7 Acesso universal aos serviços de saude reprodutiva
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Malária
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Tuberculose
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Violência e Desastres
Base de dados:
PAHO-IRIS
Assunto principal:
América
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Fatores de Risco
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Disparidades nos Níveis de Saúde
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Determinantes Sociais da Saúde
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Doenças não Transmissíveis
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Acesso Efetivo aos Serviços de Saúde
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COVID-19
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo de etiologia
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Fatores de risco
Aspecto:
Determinantes sociais da saúde
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Equidade e iniquidade
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Preferência do paciente
Idioma:
Inglês
Ano de publicação:
2021
Tipo de documento:
Artigo