Most families in developing nations may not be adequately prepared to adhere to the WHO’s covid-19 guidelines, shows new research Around 90% families in developing countries lack the facilities needed to follow the World Health Organization’s directives for protection against the coronavirus, a new study has found.
Preventive practices require suitable infrastructure, sanitation and reliable information sources—all of which are luxuries the poor do not have, the study says.
The study, a working paper in the United States’ National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), looks at amenities available to over a million families across 40 countries between 2010 and 2018.