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Increased Risk of Death Triggered by Domestic Violence, Hunger, Suicide, Exhausted Health System during COVID-19 Pandemic: Why, How and Solutions

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections, just like many other public health emergencies, is a well-established global health burden that has resulted in several changes in routines and lifestyles of people globally. The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, caused...

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Autores principales: David, Kenneth Bitrus, Aborode, Abdullahi Tunde, Olaoye, Damilola Quazeem, Enang, Ndikpongkeabasi Victor, Oriyomi, Aboaba Kazeem, Yunusa, Ismaeel
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8219049/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34169112
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2021.648395
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author David, Kenneth Bitrus
Aborode, Abdullahi Tunde
Olaoye, Damilola Quazeem
Enang, Ndikpongkeabasi Victor
Oriyomi, Aboaba Kazeem
Yunusa, Ismaeel
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Aborode, Abdullahi Tunde
Olaoye, Damilola Quazeem
Enang, Ndikpongkeabasi Victor
Oriyomi, Aboaba Kazeem
Yunusa, Ismaeel
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description Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections, just like many other public health emergencies, is a well-established global health burden that has resulted in several changes in routines and lifestyles of people globally. The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by SARS-CoV-2, has directly or indirectly involved in the loss of lives of more than 3.24 million as of 6th May, 2021. The increasing threats posed by this pandemic were subsided by the swift and drastic measures put in place by different countries. As other causes of death before the emergence of COVID-19 still exist, the pandemic has further worsened their impact. The increased risks of COVID-19 deaths are not only due to the health burden it possesses, but also due to some other factors. These factors include domestic violence that becomes rampant, especially during lockdowns; hunger due to low economic development, unemployment, and loss of jobs; suicide due to depression; exhausted health system due to high level of COVID-19 cases and inability to contain it. As we move from the response phase into recovery, the pandemic’s direct and broader impacts on individuals, households, and communities will influence the capacity to recover. An understanding of these impacts is therefore required to develop priorities to support recovery. This paper identifies other causes of death amidst the pandemic, such as domestic violence, hunger, suicide, and exhausted health system, and how to minimize their effects.
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spelling pubmed-82190492021-06-23 Increased Risk of Death Triggered by Domestic Violence, Hunger, Suicide, Exhausted Health System during COVID-19 Pandemic: Why, How and Solutions David, Kenneth Bitrus Aborode, Abdullahi Tunde Olaoye, Damilola Quazeem Enang, Ndikpongkeabasi Victor Oriyomi, Aboaba Kazeem Yunusa, Ismaeel Front Sociol Sociology Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections, just like many other public health emergencies, is a well-established global health burden that has resulted in several changes in routines and lifestyles of people globally. The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by SARS-CoV-2, has directly or indirectly involved in the loss of lives of more than 3.24 million as of 6th May, 2021. The increasing threats posed by this pandemic were subsided by the swift and drastic measures put in place by different countries. As other causes of death before the emergence of COVID-19 still exist, the pandemic has further worsened their impact. The increased risks of COVID-19 deaths are not only due to the health burden it possesses, but also due to some other factors. These factors include domestic violence that becomes rampant, especially during lockdowns; hunger due to low economic development, unemployment, and loss of jobs; suicide due to depression; exhausted health system due to high level of COVID-19 cases and inability to contain it. As we move from the response phase into recovery, the pandemic’s direct and broader impacts on individuals, households, and communities will influence the capacity to recover. An understanding of these impacts is therefore required to develop priorities to support recovery. This paper identifies other causes of death amidst the pandemic, such as domestic violence, hunger, suicide, and exhausted health system, and how to minimize their effects. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-06-08 /pmc/articles/PMC8219049/ /pubmed/34169112 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2021.648395 Text en Copyright © 2021 David, Aborode, Olaoye, Enang, Oriyomi and Yunusa. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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David, Kenneth Bitrus
Aborode, Abdullahi Tunde
Olaoye, Damilola Quazeem
Enang, Ndikpongkeabasi Victor
Oriyomi, Aboaba Kazeem
Yunusa, Ismaeel
Increased Risk of Death Triggered by Domestic Violence, Hunger, Suicide, Exhausted Health System during COVID-19 Pandemic: Why, How and Solutions
title Increased Risk of Death Triggered by Domestic Violence, Hunger, Suicide, Exhausted Health System during COVID-19 Pandemic: Why, How and Solutions
title_full Increased Risk of Death Triggered by Domestic Violence, Hunger, Suicide, Exhausted Health System during COVID-19 Pandemic: Why, How and Solutions
title_fullStr Increased Risk of Death Triggered by Domestic Violence, Hunger, Suicide, Exhausted Health System during COVID-19 Pandemic: Why, How and Solutions
title_full_unstemmed Increased Risk of Death Triggered by Domestic Violence, Hunger, Suicide, Exhausted Health System during COVID-19 Pandemic: Why, How and Solutions
title_short Increased Risk of Death Triggered by Domestic Violence, Hunger, Suicide, Exhausted Health System during COVID-19 Pandemic: Why, How and Solutions
title_sort increased risk of death triggered by domestic violence, hunger, suicide, exhausted health system during covid-19 pandemic: why, how and solutions
topic Sociology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8219049/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34169112
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2021.648395
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