COVID-19 and the Sustainable Development Goals

Societal Influence

Mohammad Hadi Dehghani, Rama Rao Karri, Sharmili Roy
Elsevier
476 pages
ISBN: 9780323913072
July 2022

This book explores how the coronavirus pandemic impacts the implementation of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), paying particular attention to socioeconomic and disaster risk management dimensions. Sections provide a foundational understanding of the virus and its risk factors, cover relevant mitigation measures for minimizing the spread of COVID-19, explore the virus’s originations and transmission mechanisms, and look at gold standard procedures for COVID-19 testing and antibody-based diagnosis.