COVID-19 Syndemics and the Global South : A World Divided (Paperback)

Introduction
Nicola Bulled, Merrill Singer, and Inayat Ali

1 Sick in the City: COVID-19 and the Syndemics of Urban Life

Merrill Singer and Nicola Bulled

2 Effects Multiplied: Syndemic Interactions among Structured Disparities, Comorbidities, and COVID-19 in Pakistan

Inayat Ali

3 Deadly Companions: The Diabetes/COVID-19 (DiaCOVID-19) Syndemic in Mexico and the U.S. Mexican Diaspora

Merrill Singer and Jennifer A. Cook

4 TB-COVID-19 Syndemic in the Philippines: A Double Challenge amidst Public Health Emergency and Social, Political, and Economic Inequalities

Trisha Denise D. Cedeno, Kimberly G. Ramos, Mary Grace A. Pelayo, Princess Rayevy I. Esmillo, and Ian Christopher N. Rocha

5 “Active in the Community” and “Underlying Health Conditions”: Exploring Constructions of Blame, Responsibility, and Othering associated with Australia’s COVID-19 Syndemic

Kate Senior and Richard Chenhall

6 Understanding the COVID-19 Syndemic in South Africa: Concrete Responses and a Call to Action

Peter van Heusden, Kezia Lewins, Louis Reynolds, and Laurel Baldwin-Ragaven

7 COVID-19 Syndemics in Three Distinct South African Communities and the Impact on Shared Loss and Grieving

Lorena Nunez Carrasco, Gracsious Maviza, Vuyokazi Moyo, and Storm Theunissen

8 The Iatrogenic Syndemic of COVID-19/Diabetes Mellitus/Black Fungus in India: Evidence of the Shortcomings of Neoliberal Healthcare Policies

Nicola Bulled

9 COVID-19 lockdown and “Shadow Pandemic” of Gender-Based Violence in Nigeria

Chiemezie S. Atama and Obinna J. Eze

10 Ecosyndemics, COVID-19, and Child Health in the Anthropocene

Merrill Singer

Conclusion: COVID Syndemics in the Global South

Merrill Singer, Nicola Bulled, and Inayat Ali