Abstract
Public health measures introduced in early 2020 to curb the spread of Covid-19 played a critical role in mitigating the worst effects of the pandemic. This column highlights how to understand the effectiveness of these policies in MENA, and the importance of evaluating the relationship between risk perception and compliance. People’s risk perception and attitudes towards the disease varied over time and between countries, and assessing the drivers of these variations, and how they affected levels of compliance, is vital for understanding what happened and for building resilience to future crises in the region.
| Original language | English |
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| Publisher | Economic Research Forum |
| Publication status | Published - 2023 Oct 31 |
Bibliographical note
This blog post is published in The Forum ERF Policy Portal wich is "a new policy portal launched by the Economic Research Forum (ERF) in October 2017 to promote quality debates and ideas in the region which are evidence and research based. a It aims to become 'the platform' for rich and relevant debates in the region on economic, social and political development issues."Subject classification (UKÄ)
- Health Sciences
- Other Social Sciences
Free keywords
- Health care
- Political economy
- Covid-19 pandemic
- Public compliance
- Public health strategies
- Risk perception
