COVID-19

Yogesh Jain is a paediatrician by training and public health physician. He co-founded Jan Swasthya Sahyog and Sangwari in rural Chhattisgarh, where he has been working for over 22 years. Based on his lived experience, he has advocated from provincial to international levels to highlight the causes and burdens of the poorest in the world. Sarah Nabia studies public health and business at the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University. She has previously worked in advocating for HIV prevention for marginalized populations, especially vulnerable women at the grassroots and national policy space.

• List of Illustrations 13 List of Tables 17 Acknowledgements 19 Foreword 21 K. Srinath Reddy Abbreviations 23 Introduction 27 Section 1: Past Going Into The Present 45Section 2: Covid-19 Disease And Its Impact On Health 71Section 3: Role Of Institutions In Covid-19 Response 307Section 4: Legal And Policy Issues 407Section 5: Covid-19 And The Economy 523Section 6: Field Notes from the Margins 569 Glossary 645 List of Contributors 661