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Sex, Gender and COVID-19

During the current Covid-19 pandemic there is an urgent need to better understand sex/gender differences in predictors, trajectories and impacts of Covid-19 prevention and treatment. Data from different countries, who present sex disaggregated numbers, show, that men and women are affected in different ways by the pandemic. It is still unclear, if women or men are more likely to be infected but from those countries, that present sex disaggregated data, we know that men are dying more often and develop more severe symptoms. Women on the other hand are much more affected by the huge burden of care work during the pandemic, represent a larger proportion of healthcare professionals and are more likely to become victims of domestic violence.

Resources about sex and gender differences in COVID-19

Contact Person

Karin Höhne

Equal Opportunity Officer

Contact information
Phone:+49 30 450 543 048
E-mail:karin.hoehne@bih-charite.de