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Vol. 8 No. 2 (2020)
Space and Culture, India

Editorials

Covid Warriors in India: Battling Denial Stigma and Discrimination

https://doi.org/10.20896/saci.v8i2.1081

Published 2020-09-28

  • Venkat Rao Pulla

Venkat Rao Pulla
Editor in Chief (Joint), Space and Culture, India; Foundation Professor, Brisbane Institute of Strengths-Based Practice, and Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Land Water and Society, Charles Sturt University, Albury, Wodonga, NSW, 2640, Australia; Sessional Academic, Social Work Charles Darwin University, NT, Australia, Sessional Academic, Human Services, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia; Inaugural Fellow, Australian College of Researcher & Life Member, Australian Institute of International Affairs, Australia

Keywords

COVID-19, Discrimination, Stigmatisation

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