Social Inequalities and Health Security Risks in Ghana and Nigeria

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Okpokiri, Cynthia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4857-1606 and Adzahlie-Mensah, Vincent (2024) Social Inequalities and Health Security Risks in Ghana and Nigeria. In: Public Health in Sub-Saharan Africa. Routledge, pp. 158-178. ISBN 9781032171135

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Abstract

Focusing specifically on the populations of Nigeria and Ghana, this chapter highlights issues of entrenched poverty and alarmingly rising levels of inequality across Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). As this tangible gap between rich and poor continues to grow within many African countries, health security threats, such as infectious diseases, accentuate the importance of reducing the vulnerability of societies and the need for individual states to ensure optimal public health security. The chapter details how the emergence of both the COVID-19 pandemic and the experiential learning of the Ebola outbreak in SSA provided hard evidence of the inequitable toll borne by the most vulnerable and disadvantageous members of society. It continues to explore the potential for pandemic situations to pose an existential threat to healthcare organisational and structural infrastructure, where those who lack agency in their own access to healthcare suffer to the greatest extent. This chapter places emphasis on the health security risks faced by socially excluded and marginalised groups in inner cities and poor rural communities who are geographically isolated.

Item Type: Book Section
Uncontrolled Keywords: social sciences(all),medicine(all),sdg 3 - good health and well-being ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Social Work
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Centre for Research on Children and Families
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Depositing User: LivePure Connector
Date Deposited: 06 Dec 2024 01:14
Last Modified: 14 Dec 2024 01:11
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/97904
DOI: 10.4324/9781003467601-12

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