Infectious Diseases

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Pandemics and Violence Against Women and Children
Amber Peterman et al.
April 01, 2020
Times of economic uncertainty, civil unrest and disaster are linked to a myriad of risk factors for increased violence against women and children (VAW/C). Pandemics are no exception. In fact, the regional or global nature and associated fear and uncertainty associated with pandemics provide an enabl...
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A Gender Lens on COVID-19: Investing in Nurses and Other Frontline Health Workers to Improve Health Systems
Megan O'Donnell
and
Samantha Rick
March 25, 2020
Here we take a deeper dive into the promotion of a gender-equal global health workforce in which the occupations where women predominate, such as nursing and community health work, are valued, prioritized, and properly resourced.
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Letter to Pelosi and McConnell: Recommendations for Coronavirus Emergency Legislation
Amanda Glassman
and
Scott Morris
March 19, 2020
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UK Response to COVID-19: Urgent Need for An Inclusive Transparent Decision Making Process
Kalipso Chalkidou
and
Francis Ruiz
March 18, 2020
Following wide criticism of the way the government had been formulating and communicating its COVID-19 response, particularly on its scientific rationale, the UK government has initiated daily public briefings on the evolving crisis. Below we run through the UK government’s communications so fa...