The coronavirus pandemic has torn through the global economy, suppressing consumer demand and industrial production. As countries look to an eventual recovery, but in a very different environment characterized by […]
Year: 2020
Covid-19: the UK’s economic recovery plan must driven by health and environmental protection
On 30 June 2020, the UK prime minister, Boris Johnson, unveiled a “new deal” to start the post-pandemic economic revival. The covid-19 pandemic is proof that the past decade has […]
Covid-19: Social care’s forgotten workers—they matter too
We rightfully celebrate our centenarians and veterans such as Sir Tom Moore. Ironically, we forget that many of these people are cared for, in their homes or in care homes, […]
Swapping production of malaria tests for covid-19 tests requires an urgent response
Since April 2020, several diagnostic companies have suggested that production dedicated to the most widely used malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) will be reallocated to covid-19 RDTs. In resource limited […]
Will covid-19 be the catalyst for a “new deal” for the health and wellbeing of women, children and adolescents?
This week, I joined online with over 1700 delegates from 120 countries for Lives in the Balance: A covid-19 summit to explore ways of improving and increasing investment in health […]
The place of telemonitoring in covid-19
Thousands of people have been assessed in the community with likely covid-19. To avoid overwhelming hospitals and to prevent infection of staff and other patients, the majority are sent home […]
Intimate partner violence during covid-19—expanding our understanding of safety
Survivors face compounded challenges when intimate abuse intersects with structural violence, write Amrapali Maitra and Jackie Savage-Borne […]
Devi Sridhar and Adriel Chen: Why Scotland’s slow and steady approach to covid-19 is working
Deaths and new infections from covid-19 are falling to low levels in Scotland. Devi Sridhar and Adriel Chen look at how the country is on course to eliminating the virus […]
Rammina Yassaie: Stop infantilising doctors and give them their rotas on time, or risk losing them
Delays in sharing rotas is a long standing issue, but one that risks forcing doctors out of the profession, writes Rammina Yassaie […]
De-escalating shielding has left people scared, how can we help them feel safer?
At the beginning of the covid-19 pandemic over two million people in the UK with underlying health conditions were labelled as “clinically extremely vulnerable” and “clinically vulnerable”. For a significant […]