Gender-based violence and infectious disease in humanitarian settings: lessons learned from Ebola, Zika, and COVID-19 to inform syndemic policy making.
Melissa MeinhartLuissa VahediSimone E CarterCatherine PoultonPhilomene Mwanze PalakuLindsay StarkPublished in: Conflict and health (2021)
Our syndemic policy framework challenges existing thinking on a neglected issue that disproportionally impacts women and girls. By offering foundational guidance to address and thwart the syndemic of infectious disease and GBV in humanitarian settings, we endeavor to proactively and holistically address the reinforcing linkage between GBV and current or emergent infectious diseases.
Keyphrases
- infectious diseases
- mental health
- public health
- healthcare
- coronavirus disease
- sars cov
- zika virus
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- genome wide
- dengue virus
- aedes aegypti
- hiv testing
- type diabetes
- gene expression
- skeletal muscle
- cervical cancer screening
- men who have sex with men
- breast cancer risk
- hepatitis c virus
- human immunodeficiency virus
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus