Social Stigma: The Hidden Threat of COVID-19
COVID-19 infection has been recognized as a pandemic by the World Health Organization. Efforts to prevent the spread of the disease are threatened by the appearance of disease-associated social stigma in society. In Egypt, a small wave of stigma directed at different groups started to appear. Here w...
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| author | Ahmed Samir Abdelhafiz Mohamed Alorabi |
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| description | COVID-19 infection has been recognized as a pandemic by the World Health Organization. Efforts to prevent the spread of the disease are threatened by the appearance of disease-associated social stigma in society. In Egypt, a small wave of stigma directed at different groups started to appear. Here we report the features of COVID-19-associated stigma in Egypt and suggest recommendations to overcome this stigma before it grows and have physical and psychological impacts on society. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f852caba12a645028ca8dd46d8bb26f02022-12-21T20:18:01ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652020-08-01810.3389/fpubh.2020.00429554691Social Stigma: The Hidden Threat of COVID-19Ahmed Samir Abdelhafiz0Mohamed Alorabi1Department of Clinical Pathology, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Cairo, EgyptDepartment of Clinical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, EgyptCOVID-19 infection has been recognized as a pandemic by the World Health Organization. Efforts to prevent the spread of the disease are threatened by the appearance of disease-associated social stigma in society. In Egypt, a small wave of stigma directed at different groups started to appear. Here we report the features of COVID-19-associated stigma in Egypt and suggest recommendations to overcome this stigma before it grows and have physical and psychological impacts on society.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpubh.2020.00429/fullCOVID-19pandemicspreadEgyptsocial stigma |
| spellingShingle | Ahmed Samir Abdelhafiz Mohamed Alorabi Social Stigma: The Hidden Threat of COVID-19 Frontiers in Public Health COVID-19 pandemic spread Egypt social stigma |
| title | Social Stigma: The Hidden Threat of COVID-19 |
| title_full | Social Stigma: The Hidden Threat of COVID-19 |
| title_fullStr | Social Stigma: The Hidden Threat of COVID-19 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Social Stigma: The Hidden Threat of COVID-19 |
| title_short | Social Stigma: The Hidden Threat of COVID-19 |
| title_sort | social stigma the hidden threat of covid 19 |
| topic | COVID-19 pandemic spread Egypt social stigma |
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