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Inequity and disparities mar existing global research evidence on Long COVID
Mohammad Hossein Taghrir, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Ashkan Abdollahi, hiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Nasrollah Ghahramani, Penn State University College of Medicine, USA
Bahar Bastani, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, USA
Shahram Paydar, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Babak Razani, Washington University School of Medicine, USA
John Mwangi, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, USA
Ali A. Asadi-Pooya, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Jamshid Roozbeh, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Manasi Kumar, Aga Khan UniversityFollow
Since the pandemic began in December 2019, SARS-Cov2 has accentuated the wide gap and disparities in socioeconomic and healthcare access at individual, community, country, and regional levels. More than two years into the current pandemic, up to three-fourths of the patients are reporting continued signs and symptoms beyond the acute phase of COVID-19, and Long COVID portends to be a major challenge in the future ahead. With a comprehensive overview of the literature, we found that most studies concerning long COVID came from high and upper-middle income countries, and people of low-income and lower-and-middle income regions and vulnerable groups with comorbid conditions have been neglected. Apart from the level of income, there is a significant geographical heterogeneity in investigating the Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) or what we call now, long COVID. We believe that these recognizing health disparities is crucial from equity perspective and is the first step toward global health promotion.
Global Health Promotion
Taghrir, M. H., Abdollahi, A., Ghahramani, N., Bastani, B., Paydar, S., Razani, B., Mwangi, J., Asadi-Pooya, A. A., Roozbeh, J., Kumar, M. (2022). Inequity and disparities mar existing global research evidence on Long COVID. Global Health Promotion.
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