Lockdown is not egalitarian: the costs fall on the global poor

Affiliations

¹ Institute for the Future of Knowledge, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa.
² Center for Global Development, Washington, DC 20036, USA. Electronic address: damiangwalker@gmail.com.
³ Center for Global Development, Washington, DC 20036, USA; Imperial College London, London, UK.
⁴ King's College London, London, UK.
⁵ Center for Global Development, Washington, DC 20036, USA.

Comment

Alexander Broadbent et al. Lancet. 2020.

. 2020 Jul 4;396(10243):21-22.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31422-7. Epub 2020 Jun 19.

¹ Institute for the Future of Knowledge, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa.
² Center for Global Development, Washington, DC 20036, USA. Electronic address: damiangwalker@gmail.com.
³ Center for Global Development, Washington, DC 20036, USA; Imperial College London, London, UK.
⁴ King's College London, London, UK.
⁵ Center for Global Development, Washington, DC 20036, USA.

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Agony of the laborers and daily wagers during the COVID-19 induced lockdown in India.
Mukhra R, Krishan K, Kanchan T. Mukhra R, et al. Acta Biomed. 2020 Nov 10;91(4):e2020141. doi: 10.23750/abm.v91i4.10704. Acta Biomed. 2020. PMID: 33525248 Free PMC article.

Offline: CoHERE-a call for a post-pandemic health strategy.
Horton R. Horton R. Lancet. 2020 Apr 18;395(10232):1242. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30895-3. Lancet. 2020. PMID: 32305086 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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