PMC:7100305 / 46513-47651 JSONTXT

{"target":"https://pubannotation.org/docs/sourcedb/PMC/sourceid/7100305","sourcedb":"PMC","sourceid":"7100305","source_url":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/7100305","text":"Conclusion\nThis systematic review of the politics of three different outbreaks in three different social economic contexts revealed that the politics of epidemics are—to an extent—universal. However, the manner by which the politics are played out vary by the income setting, the political themes that speak to general epidemics were found to be uniquely enacted during the SARS outbreak in Toronto, the Zika outbreak in Brazil, and the Ebola outbreak in Liberia.\nPerhaps the most universal finding of this systematic review is the role of social and economic inequality, including poverty during an epidemic. Regardless of the national income setting, minority and marginalized communities are the most devastated by an epidemic. If organizations and governments are to adequately respond to these individuals and communities, it is critical that narratives of those most vulnerable to an epidemic—specifically poor communities—are represented in the mainstream media as well as in the peer reviewed published literature—especially, the epidemiological and medical literature that tends to influence health programming and policy-making.","divisions":[{"label":"Title","span":{"begin":0,"end":10}}],"tracks":[]}