Jan 2021
The topic of this issue is “Mitigating the Social Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic”. Firstly, Gurgen Aslanyan, Vardan Baghdasaryan and Gayane Shakhmuradyan examine the social policy response of the Government of Armenia to the COVID-19 crisis. Secondly, Farid Guliyev posits that Azerbaijan’s social assistance and income support schemes adopted during the COVID-19 pandemic need to be seen within the context of the existing social protection system and safety nets. Thirdly, Vakhtangi Demuria and Teona Absandze suggest that the Georgian government’s efforts to provide social assistance for the population were delayed and faltered in terms of efficiency, but overall, more or less complex schemes of assistance were elaborated. Finally, Ramina Murshudova, Aytan Shahmarova, Mirvari Gasimova, Gunel Poladova, and Malahat Valiyeva analyze changes in attitudes towards online education in Azerbaijan during the unprecedented global lockdown resulting from the COVID
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8% of all Kenyan households experienced catastrophic health expenditures, with out-of-pocket payments pushing more than 1 million Kenyans into poverty annually. (Photo: Sarah Farhat/World Bank)
In 2017, Grace, a 45-year-old single mother of five children in Kenya, discovered a painless mass in her right breast. So she trekked 80 kilometers from her home to the nearest hospital, where doctors called for surgical removal of the mass – without explaining it could be cancerous. Not realizing the full extent of her risk and lacking accurate information, Grace declined to have the procedure.
A few months later, Grace experienced growing pain that became incapacitating. When finally diagnosed with stage II breast cancer, the cost of treatment was financially beyond the reach of the family. Fortunately, through support from a local NGO and late registration with the national insurance fund, Grace was able to access treatment.