Ethnic and racial disparities in COVID-19-related deaths: counting the trees, hiding the forest

Sanni Yaya^{1 2}, Helena Yeboah³, Carlo Handy Charles^{4 5}, Akaninyene Otu^{6 7}, Ronald Labonte⁸

Affiliations

¹ School of International Development and Global Studies, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada sanni.yaya@uottawa.ca.
² The George Institute for Global Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United States.
³ School of International Development and Global Studies, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Department of Sociology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
⁵ Geography at the Laboratoire Caribéen de Sciences Sociales du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université des Antilles, Schoelcher, Martinique.
⁶ Department of Infection and Travel Medicine, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom.
⁷ Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medical Sciences, University of Calabar, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria.
⁸ School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Sanni Yaya et al. BMJ Glob Health.2020 Jun.

.2020 Jun;5(6):e002913.

doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-002913.

Sanni Yaya^{1 2}, Helena Yeboah³, Carlo Handy Charles^{4 5}, Akaninyene Otu^{6 7}, Ronald Labonte⁸

¹ School of International Development and Global Studies, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada sanni.yaya@uottawa.ca.
² The George Institute for Global Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United States.
³ School of International Development and Global Studies, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Department of Sociology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
⁵ Geography at the Laboratoire Caribéen de Sciences Sociales du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université des Antilles, Schoelcher, Martinique.
⁶ Department of Infection and Travel Medicine, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom.
⁷ Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medical Sciences, University of Calabar, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria.
⁸ School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; epidemiology; health disparities; health policy; health systems; public health.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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