Italy is one of the countries in the world most affected by the covid-19 pandemic. [1] However, hopefully soon, Italy shall overcome covid-19 and the time will come to assess […]
Global health
Stewardship for universal healthcare in a post-covid-19 world
After covid-19, it is imperative that we act as stewards of finite healthcare resources to support the principles of universal healthcare, say Tim Wilson, Joe McManners, Gwyn Bevan, and Muir […]
Let’s envisage a new, better normal for all non communicable diseases
The covid-19 pandemic has seen unprecedented action by governments to restrict the movement of most of the world’s population from international travel and access to non-essential services and public spaces. […]
Non communicable diseases and covid-19: a perfect storm
For decades academics and policy makers have warned of the risks of a viral pandemic with effects as devastating as the Spanish Flu in 1918. What they did not anticipate, […]
Covid-19 and cognitive bias
Cognitive biases can shape our understanding, often at an unconscious level, of events such as the covid-19 pandemic. An awareness of these biases can lead to more effective messages and […]
Michele Acuto: Covid-19 should spur us to think like cities
Pandemic outbreaks regularly surface global lessons in urban health and planning. Michele Acuto looks at what the covid-19 pandemic can teach us […]
Pregnancy outcomes and covid-19: benefits of a nine year gestation
Recent opinion pieces have reflected on the neglect of the principles of evidence-based medicine in the context of the covid-19 pandemic,1 particularly focussing on trial conduct, with opaque mid-trial changes […]
Contact tracing for covid-19 in low- and middle-income countries
In the absence of an effective vaccine or treatment, the key measures to control the covid-19 pandemic are testing and isolating cases, and then tracing and quarantining potential contacts. But […]
What Trump’s threat to defund the WHO means for the United States and the world
On 29 May 2020 the US President Donald Trump announced he would withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO). After initially stating he would halt funding for […]
Treatments don’t work if we can’t afford them: the global need for open and equitable access to remdesivir
On 1 May 2020, the FDA issued emergency use authorization (EUA) for remdesivir to treat hospitalized patients with severe covid-19. [1] The EUA was based on an analysis of preliminary […]