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Social impact of COVID-19 on vulnerable groups on the CAS islands

  • Funded by Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMW)
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Grant number: 1.043E+13

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Start & end year

    2021
    2023

  • Known Financial Commitments (USD)

    $279,655.67

  • Funder

    Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMW)

  • Principal Investigator

    Prof dr AJ Duits

  • Research Location

    Netherlands

  • Lead Research Institution

    Curacao Biomedical & Health Research Institute

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Secondary impacts of disease, response & control measures

  • Research Subcategory

    Social impacts

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Unspecified

  • Vulnerable Population

    Unspecified

  • Occupations of Interest

    Unspecified

Abstract

Project description The COVID-19 pandemic has strained the economies, health-care systems, social structures and living standards on the islands Curaçao, Aruba and St. Maarten. Using a human rights-based approach this multidisciplinary study will focus on the social impact of the COVID -19 pandemic and the State responses towards protecting vulnerable families. We apply a multi-sited, mixed-methods approach to understand the various reasons that contribute to increase in vulnerability and measures that can be taken to build social resilience among families and communities. This study will also evaluate the performance of COVID-19 measures and make recommendations for futures outbreaks and epidemics.