‘I exist because of we’: shielding as a communal ethic of maintaining social bonds during the COVID-19 response in Ethiopia

• Sophie Soklaridis,
• Adamu Addissie,
• Abiy Seifu Estifanos,
• Getnet Alemu,
• Solomon Negussie,
• Debebe Ero,
• Yewondwossen Mengistu,
• Yirgu Gebrehiwot,
• Helen Yifter,
• Addisu Melkie,
• Damen Hailemariam Gebrekiros,
• Messay Gebremariam Kotecho,
• Carrie Cartmill,
• Cynthia Ruth Whitehead,
• Dawit Wondimagegn

Affiliations

Sophie Soklaridis

Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Adamu Addissie

School of Public Health, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Abiy Seifu Estifanos

Department of Reproductive, Family and Population Health, School of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Getnet Alemu

Institute of Development and Policy Research, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Oromia, Ethiopia

Solomon Negussie

College of Law and Governance Studies, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Debebe Ero

College of Social Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Yewondwossen Mengistu

2Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Yirgu Gebrehiwot

School of Medicine, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Helen Yifter

School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Addisu Melkie

2Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Damen Hailemariam Gebrekiros

Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Messay Gebremariam Kotecho

School of Social Work, College of Social Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Carrie Cartmill

The Wilson Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Cynthia Ruth Whitehead

The Wilson Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Dawit Wondimagegn

College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia