Inequalities, Pandemics and Social Protection: Evidence review for the Global Council on Inequality, AIDS and Pandemics

The Council commissioned the UCL Institute of Health Equity (IHE), led by Professor Michael Marmot, to conduct an evidence review on the links between social determinants of health and health inequities and pandemics and the role of social protection in mitigating inequities. The aim of this review is to understand how social and economic inequalities affect the course of pandemics, to document the unequal socioeconomic and health impacts of pandemics, and to show how policies shape the prospects for a fair recovery in their aftermath.