@article{94526,
  keywords = {Social Stigma, LMICs, Covid-19},
  author = {Roelen K and Ackley C and Boyce P and Farina N and Ripoll S},
  title = {COVID-19 in LMICs: The Need to Place Stigma Front and Centre to its Response},
  abstract = {COVID-19 has caused unprecedented health, economic and societal impacts across the world, including many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The pandemic and its fallout have laid bare deep-seated social and economic inequalities with marginalised groups being at greater risk of infection and being disproportionately affected by containment measures and their socioeconomic consequences. Stigma is a central element to such
inequalities but remains largely overlooked in the debate on the response to COVID-19, including in LMICs. Yet we know from experiences with other infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS and Ebola that disease-related stigma is detrimental to halting and controlling pandemics and achieving equitable development. Emerging evidence suggests that stigma associated with COVID-19 is already taking hold. This paper assesses potential driving
factors of COVID-19-related stigma, and how this intersects with existing stigma fault lines and explores mechanisms through which COVID-19-related stigma may be counteracted, with a focus on LMICs.},
  year = {2020},
  journal = {The European Journal of Development Research},
  url = {https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/bitstream/handle/20.500.12413/15690/EJDR_Covid-19_and_stigma_LMICs_30-jun-20.pdf?sequence=4},
  language = {eng},
}