COVID-19, sex, and gender in China: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

During the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, states were called upon by the World Health Organization to introduce and prioritise the collection of sex-disaggregated data. The collection of sex-disaggregated data on COVID-19 testing, infection rates, hospital admissions, and deaths, when available, has informed our understanding of the biology of the infectious disease. The collection of sex-disaggregated data should also better inform our understanding of the gendered impacts that contribute to risk of exposure to COVID-19. In China, the country with the longest history of fighting the COVID-19 infection, what research was available on the gender-differential impacts of COVID-19 in the first 6 months of the COVID-19 pandemic?

Methods

In this scoping review, we exa

SUBMITTER: Feng H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8815015 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature