El Salvador’s Covid-19 response is storing up health and economic problems for the worse-off

Lagarde, Mylene ORCID: 0000-0002-5713-2659, Riumallo-Herl, Carlos and Sánchez Masferrer, Manuel (2020) El Salvador’s Covid-19 response is storing up health and economic problems for the worse-off. LSE Latin America and Caribbean Blog (16 Oct 2020). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

Our new research into the effects of El Salvador’s lockdown shows that those with the lowest incomes and the worst health have been hit the hardest. While many have skipped meals and stopped working, others have even ended treatment for chronic illnesses or taken loans from predatory lenders. These adaptations only make the situation worse, and the state must try to tackle the conditions driving them if the country returns to lockdown, write Mylène Lagarde (LSE Health Policy), Manuel Sánchez Masferrer (ESEN, El Salvador), and Carlos Riumallo Herl (Erasmus University Rotterdam).

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/latamcaribbean/
Additional Information:	© 2020 The Author(s)
Divisions:	LSE Health Policy
Subjects:	J Political Science > JL Political institutions (America except United States) H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Date Deposited:	11 Nov 2020 12:33
Last Modified:	11 Dec 2024 20:21
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/107311

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