The COVID-19 Pandemic Exposes Fatal Health Inequities
Autor: | Meredeth Turshen, Annie Thébaud-Mony |
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Rok vydání: | 2020 |
Předmět: |
Economic growth
Government medicine.medical_specialty Sociology and Political Science Human rights media_common.quotation_subject Public health Geography Planning and Development Declaration Management Monitoring Policy and Law Capitalism Private sector Investment (macroeconomics) Gender Studies Political science Pandemic medicine media_common |
Zdroj: | Monthly Review. :28-39 |
ISSN: | 0027-0520 |
DOI: | 10.14452/mr-072-06-2020-10_3 |
Popis: | As stated in the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, health is a fundamental human right. However, we find ourselves in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic with a shortage of both human and material health resources, most of which must be sourced from the private sector. Some of the wealthiest countries—France, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States—have proved unable to respond rapidly. The evolution of public health over the past four decades, during which government health policies have reduced health services to commodities and objects of speculative investment, has led to the current crisis. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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