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Review
. 2021 Oct;39(4):619-625.
doi: 10.1016/j.det.2021.05.005. Epub 2021 May 31.

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Global Health Dermatology

Claire Hannah  1 , Victoria Williams  2 , Lucinda Claire Fuller  3 , Amy Forrestel  4
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The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Global Health Dermatology

Claire Hannah et al. Dermatol Clin. 2021 Oct.

Abstract

In this article, we discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on various areas of global health dermatology, including patient care, neglected tropical diseases, education, and collaborations. Information was collected from literature review and informal interviews with more than 20 dermatologists from around the world. Many of the setbacks and hardships experienced by the global health community in the last year highlight long-standing global interdependencies and systems that perpetuate ethnic, economic, and social inequalities on local and global scales. The pandemic has brought discussions on global health colonialism and domestic health inequality to the forefront.

Keywords: COVID-19; Dermatology; Global health; International; Pandemic.

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Conflict of interest statement

Disclosure None of the authors have commercial or financial conflicts of interest and there are no funding sources to report. Funding: This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors. Declarations of interest: none.

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