SOVS Paper of the Week: The effects of a pandemic intensify due to its diverse nexus of intertwined biological and socioecological factors. The health of people living with non-communicable diseases (PLWNCDs) worsens when synergistic epidemics or “syndemics” occur due to the interaction between socioecological and biological factors, resulting in adverse outcomes.
COVID-19 and NCDs have a reciprocal effect on each other; NCDs increase vulnerability to COVID-19, and COVID-19 increases NCD-related risk factors. Therefore, there is a need to understand the drivers of the syndemic and design safety nets.
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