Author(s):
Fronteira, Inês ; Sidat, Mohsin ; Magalhães, João Paulo ; de Barros, Fernando Passos Cupertino ; Delgado, António Pedro ; Correia, Tiago ; Daniel-Ribeiro, Cláudio Tadeu ; Ferrinho, Paulo
Date: 2021
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/123082
Origin: Repositório Institucional da UNL
Subject(s): COVID-19; Health in all policies; One health; SARS-CoV-2; Syndemic; NCD; Non Communicable Diseases; NTD; neglected tropical diseases; SDG; sustainable development goals; health policy; Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous); Insect Science; Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous); Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous); Management Information Systems; Engineering (miscellaneous); Media Technology; Information Systems and Management; Environmental Science (miscellaneous); Immunology and Microbiology(all); Health Professions(all); Medicine(all); Neuroscience(all); Nursing(all); Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics(all); Psychology(all); Social Sciences(all); veterinary(all); SDG 1 - No Poverty; SDG 2 - Zero Hunger; SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being; SDG 4 - Quality Education; SDG 5 - Gender Equality; SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth; SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities; SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities; SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production; SDG 13 - Climate Action; SDG 15 - Life on Land; SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions; SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals
Description
Funding Information: Paula Saraiva for the support with bibliography. Funda??o para a Ci?ncia e Tecnologia for funds to GHTM UID/04413/2020. CTDR is supported by CNPq, Brazil, through a Productivity Research Fellowship and is a ?Cientista do Nosso Estado? by Faperj, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Funding Information: Paula Saraiva for the support with bibliography. Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia for funds to GHTM UID/04413/2020 . CTDR is supported by CNPq , Brazil, through a Productivity Research Fellowship and is a “Cientista do Nosso Estado” by Faperj, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Publisher Copyright: © 2021 The Authors
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has affected communities, populations, and countries throughout the world. As the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic developed, the extent to which the disease interacted with already existing endemic, non-communicable and infectious diseases became evident, hence deeply influencing health outcomes. Additionally, a synergistic effect has been demonstrated also with socio-economic, cultural, and contextual determinants of health which seem to contribute to poorer health and accumulating social disadvantages. In this essay, using as a starting point the syndemic theory that translates the cumulative and intertwined factors between different epidemics, we argue that the SARS-CoV-2 is a one health issue of a syndemic nature and that the failure to acknowledge this contributes to weakened policy-making processes and public health responses and ineffective health policies and programs.
