Invisible vulnerability: WASH insecurity of older adults in Ghana during a global public emergency

ABSTRACT The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed and deepened structural inequalities in water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) access in the Global South. While older adults, particularly older women, were among the most vulnerable populations, we know little about their WASH experiences during the pandemic. Drawing on the feminist political ecology of health theoretical framework, this paper examined the factors that shaped the WASH conditions of …