Gender and Covid: Counting the Uncounted by Common Thread published on 2020-06-17T14:18:00Z "The Covid-19 pandemic has for some people opened eyes to the fact that health is not driven just by biology, but it's also driven by the social environment in which we all find ourselves. Gender is a major part of that social environment." Mike and Sherine, Co-Directors of Common Thread speak to Sarah Hawkes, a Professor of Global Public Health at UCL, and co-founder of Global Health 50/50, set up to promote gender equality in global public health, about the impact of Covid on gender. Genre Behavioural Science Comment by Amaya Reminds me of a certain moment in the HIV pandemic when the blunt instrument that is prevalence - was used as a strong rationale for not ramping up efforts re women. Later we understood much more about the complicated and convoluted pathways of the virus and how men and women are affected at different ages and stages… In the meantime, advocates kept the feet to the fire… until the data caught up with the reality… 2020-06-26T03:28:20Z
