It is used by researchers, media, UN organisations and advocates to inform our global understanding of who is at risk along the pathway of infection through to severe illness and death, as well as to encourage countries to prioritise reporting of sex-disaggregated data as part of their COVID-19 response. Our COVID-19 Sex-Disaggregated Data Tracker offers the most comprehensive country-level reporting of sex-disaggregated data. Why do men appear to be at more risk of severe illness and death? See more This pattern varies by country and may be changing over time. However, across the vast majority of countries, a clear pattern in mortality has emerged men appear more likely than women to die from COVID-19 once infected. Globally, there’s no clear trend in terms of who is most likely to become infected by COVID-19. Gender and social inequalities (based on class, race or ethnicity, etc) intersect and multiply these negative effects on both the health system and the communities they serve. Health outcomes and health systems reflect and reinforce gender biases and restrictive gender norms, compromising the safety and wellbeing of providers and the health of communities. who can access health services, or who is likely to be providing care).

seeking health care), as well as who benefits from the resources available (e.g. Gender influences exposure to risk (air pollution, smoking, alcohol), likelihood of risk reduction (e.g. The ‘gender binary’ however is increasingly being rejected in many places to recognise, respect and embrace diverse gender identities. These attributes, opportunities and relationships are context/time-specific and changeable. The UN defines gender as what is expected, allowed and valued in a woman or a man in a given context. Refers to biological characteristics that determine risk and response to disease, for instance driving hormonal responses, immunological characteristics, and response to vaccines.

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