De la influenza pandémica a la COVID-19: un siglo después, ¿se repite la historia?
Autores
Ana Rivera-Chavarría
Resumen
Actualmente, el mundo se enfrenta a la pandemia de la COVID-19. Su magnitud es comparable a la pandemia por influenza de 1918. En la pandemia de 1918, condiciones de tipo socioeconómicas, demográficas y culturales fueron señaladas como variables que propiciaron la instauración y difusión de la infección. Para comprender la crisis actual, los investigadores de salud pública han extraído de la historia los determinantes sociales de la salud en busca de conocimientos. Al no contar con medidas farmacológicas para la prevención u otro tratamiento, se han propuesto diferentes estrategias para el control de la COVID-19, las cuales implican acciones a nivel regional, gubernamental, de comunidad e individual. El objetivo del artículo es identificar similitudes entre la última gran pandemia y la COVID 19 con respecto a las condiciones socioeconómicas, demográficas y culturales.
Palabras clave
2019-nCoV, determinantes sociales de la salud.Abstract
The world is facing the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. Its magnitude is comparable to the 1918 influenza pandemic. In the 1918 pandemic, socioeconomic, demographic and cultural conditions were identified as variables that led to the establishment and spread of the infection. To understand the current crisis, public health researchers have mined history social determinants for insights. Due to the lack pharmacological measures for prevention or other treatment, different strategies to control COVID-19 have been proposed, which involve actions at the regional, government, community and individual levels. The aim of this article is to identify similarities between the last great pandemic and COVID 19 related to socioeconomic, demographic and cultural conditions.
Key words
2019-nCoV, social determinants of health.Texto completo
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