The Impact of Neocolonialism on India's COVID-19 Response

In this paper, we analyze the impact of COVID-19 in India and the nation's shortcomings in responding appropriately to the pandemic. We discuss how international vaccine inequities, rooted in neocolonialism, and the WHO's broad recommendation of Global North pandemic responses (i.e., lockd...

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Published inAnnals of global health Vol. 88; no. 1; p. 33
Main Authors Shah, Dhruv M, Kulkarni, Mrunmayi, Mathur, Poonam
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Ubiquity Press 01.01.2022
Subjects
Classism
Communicable Disease Control
COVID-19
COVID-19 - epidemiology
COVID-19 vaccines
Disease control
Epidemics
Humans
Impact analysis
Industrialized nations
Infections
Influenza, Human - epidemiology
Medical supplies
Mortality
Neocolonialism
Pandemics
Pandemics - prevention & control
Physical Distancing
Population
Public health
Public transportation
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Social distancing
State government
Viewpoint
Viral diseases
India
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Summary:In this paper, we analyze the impact of COVID-19 in India and the nation's shortcomings in responding appropriately to the pandemic. We discuss how international vaccine inequities, rooted in neocolonialism, and the WHO's broad recommendation of Global North pandemic responses (i.e., lockdowns, nonspecific social distancing) blunted the effectiveness of India's COVID-19 response and instead heightened classism, economic turmoil, and unnecessary infection and death from the virus.
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ISSN:2214-9996
2214-9996
DOI:10.5334/aogh.3587