...Nanjundeswaraswamy T.S.; Sindu Bharath; P. Nagesh; Vignesh K.M. Purpose This study aims to evaluate and compare the quality of work life (QWL) of nurses, in pre- and post-COVID-19 pandemic situations. Design/methodology/approach The study adopts a descriptive research design. Data were...

... implies that the outcome cannot be generalized to other geographical settings. Practical implications The study demonstrates how a pandemic manifests itself to dwellers in slums. The outcome of the study sheds light on how policymakers appreciate the dynamics of the pandemic in a developing country...

...Haoginlen Chongloi Purpose The purpose of this paper is to critically assess the function of the media during the COVID-19 pandemic. It tries to understand how media corporations selectively polish a certain narrative against the other. It will also take into consideration the role of fact...

...Debashrita Dey; Priyanka Tripathi Purpose This study aims to reflect on how the COVID-19 pandemic has intensified the social and economic vulnerability of Indian elderly women, thereby making them prone to varied forms of abuse and denying them of the basic rights of secured existence. Design...

... in the Philippines during the pandemic, with an end view of providing granular recommendations for prison policy reforms. Design/methodology/approach Relevant rules under international human rights law related to places of detention were thematically analyzed to articulate the scope of the right to health...

...Ron Bridget T. Vilog; Carlos M. Piocos III Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of states’ pandemic responses to the conditions and vulnerabilities of undocumented Filipino migrants in Italy and the UK. It also explores the role and strategies of migrant organisations...

...Konrad Szocik; Rakhat Abylkasymova Purpose Current covid-19 pandemic challenges health-care ethics. Ones of the most important challenges are medical resources allocation and a duty to treat, often addressed to medical personnel. This paper suggests that there are good reasons to rethink our...

...Erick da Luz Scherf; Marcos Vinicius Viana da Silva; Janaina S. Fachini Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore how the COVID-19 pandemic has been managed in Brazil, especially at the Federal Administrative level, with the focus being on the implications for human rights and public health...