Health and human rights are inextricably linked in the COVID-19 response

To mitigate the spread of COVID-19, governments throughout the world have introduced emergency measures that constrain individual freedoms, social and economic rights and global solidarity. These regulatory measures have closed schools, workplaces and transit systems, cancelled public gatherings, in...

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Published in:BMJ global health 2020-09, Vol.5 (9), p.e003359
Main Authors: Sekalala, Sharifah, Forman, Lisa, Habibi, Roojin, Meier, Benjamin Mason
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
AIDS
Analysis
Betacoronavirus
Coronavirus Infections - prevention & control
Coronavirus Infections - therapy
COVID-19
diseases
disorders
Global health
Health administration
health policy
Human Rights
Humans
infections
injuries
Pandemics
Pandemics - prevention & control
Pneumonia, Viral - prevention & control
Pneumonia, Viral - therapy
Privacy
Public health
Public Health Surveillance
respiratory infections
Right to Health
SARS-CoV-2
Schools
Smartphones
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Summary:To mitigate the spread of COVID-19, governments throughout the world have introduced emergency measures that constrain individual freedoms, social and economic rights and global solidarity. These regulatory measures have closed schools, workplaces and transit systems, cancelled public gatherings, introduced mandatory home confinement and deployed large-scale electronic surveillance. In doing so, human rights obligations are rarely addressed, despite how significantly they are impacted by the pandemic response. The norms and principles of human rights should guide government responses to COVID-19, with these rights strengthening the public health response to COVID-19.
ISSN:2059-7908
2059-7908
DOI:10.1136/bmjgh-2020-003359