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In 2020, @ThinkGlobalHlth published ~300 articles from 260+ authors representing 49 countries on 6 continents
These articles examine how changes in health are reshaping economies, societies & everyday lives worldwide
Here is our list of the best ones 1/ https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/best-2020
These articles examine how changes in health are reshaping economies, societies & everyday lives worldwide
Here is our list of the best ones 1/ https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/best-2020
Listed in no particular order:
1. @RuthLevine5's pre-pandemic take on #globalhealth governance:
The “battle for better health in poor countries will not be won disease-by-disease, vaccine-by-vaccine. And it won’t be won by well-intentioned outsiders” https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/global-health-whats-past-prologue
1. @RuthLevine5's pre-pandemic take on #globalhealth governance:
The “battle for better health in poor countries will not be won disease-by-disease, vaccine-by-vaccine. And it won’t be won by well-intentioned outsiders” https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/global-health-whats-past-prologue
2. @juliaheather with one of the earliest articles on the role that gender inequalities were playing in the #coronavirus outbreak.
Still worth your time https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/gender-and-coronavirus-outbreak
Still worth your time https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/gender-and-coronavirus-outbreak
3. @KatriBertram, @udnore, and @PaiMadhu on the lack of diversity and representation in #globalhealth:
"The motivation for diversity is often a fear of backlash, rather than genuine support." https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/silenced-voices-global-health
"The motivation for diversity is often a fear of backlash, rather than genuine support." https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/silenced-voices-global-health
4. Poonam Muttreja @PopFoundIndia on the early days of #COVID19 in India
If India's response proves anything, it's that "the efforts of the state health systems are what will keep the pandemic from spreading" https://on.cfr.org/2KQKhVn
If India's response proves anything, it's that "the efforts of the state health systems are what will keep the pandemic from spreading" https://on.cfr.org/2KQKhVn
5. @drtsion describes the plight of getting tested for COVID-19 as a frontline health-care worker in NY
"Asymptomatic celebrities, zoo animals, politicians, & people in close proximity to the president are getting tested." Health-care workers are not https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/coronavirus-testing-new-york-well-short
"Asymptomatic celebrities, zoo animals, politicians, & people in close proximity to the president are getting tested." Health-care workers are not https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/coronavirus-testing-new-york-well-short
6. Our interview with @Chikwe_I on responding to the #COVID19 outbreak in Africa and globally
“The concept of every country trying to look only within its own borders is completely, mindbogglingly, a waste of everybody’s time.” https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/anticipating-coronavirus-west-africa
“The concept of every country trying to look only within its own borders is completely, mindbogglingly, a waste of everybody’s time.” https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/anticipating-coronavirus-west-africa
7. @DrTomFrieden on the steps that the US need to do to contain the accelerating #COVID19 pandemic:
Strategic intelligence systems to track the virus & our response to it
Fortify hospitals & entire health-care system
Revolutionize public health system https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/new-normal-covid-19-next-steps-we-must-take
Strategic intelligence systems to track the virus & our response to it
Fortify hospitals & entire health-care system
Revolutionize public health system https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/new-normal-covid-19-next-steps-we-must-take
8. @chidodc on ZImbabwe:
"The world looked away, when our economy crumbled and when our children were subjected to hunger in a country which was once called the breadbasket of Africa. It must not look away now when this pandemic rages" https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/coronavirus-zimbabwe
"The world looked away, when our economy crumbled and when our children were subjected to hunger in a country which was once called the breadbasket of Africa. It must not look away now when this pandemic rages" https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/coronavirus-zimbabwe
9. @D_P_Fidler @CFR_org on #COVID19 as a failure 20 years in the making:
Why two decades of tabletop exercises, simulations, indices, and blue-ribbon reports on pandemic preparedness and response weren't better internalized https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/coronavirus-twenty-year-failure
Why two decades of tabletop exercises, simulations, indices, and blue-ribbon reports on pandemic preparedness and response weren't better internalized https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/coronavirus-twenty-year-failure
10. @SociedadEcSP & @lairene1 on #COVID19 in Ecuador:
Ecuador has had 33 ministers of health in 41 years.
That lack of leadership continuity has undermined country's progress toward #UHC, and may be contributing to Ecuador's struggles with #COVID19 https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/coronavirus-ecuador
Ecuador has had 33 ministers of health in 41 years.
That lack of leadership continuity has undermined country's progress toward #UHC, and may be contributing to Ecuador's struggles with #COVID19 https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/coronavirus-ecuador
11. @mendenhall_em on #COVID19 as a syndemic:
"It’s also important to consider at this time the failure of the American response to COVID-19 and how this puts American experts of global health and development in a quandary." https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/why-social-policies-make-coronavirus-worse
"It’s also important to consider at this time the failure of the American response to COVID-19 and how this puts American experts of global health and development in a quandary." https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/why-social-policies-make-coronavirus-worse
12. @kleachkemon &Theo Vos @IHME_UW on how Sweden went from model of pandemic response to a cautionary tale
"What would it look like if the world embraced Sweden’s strategy? Most likely, many more deaths from COVID-19" https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/five-problems-swedish-approach-covid-19
"What would it look like if the world embraced Sweden’s strategy? Most likely, many more deaths from COVID-19" https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/five-problems-swedish-approach-covid-19
13. Our interview with Taiwanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Jaushieh Joseph Wu on Taiwan’s response to COVID-19 and his country's dispute with the WHO https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/coronavirus-taiwan
14. @IlonaKickbusch on global governance & @WHO:
"Despite all the rhetoric and constant piling on the WHO for inaction, many member states actually want a weak WHO."
"That is exactly why they don’t want to pay for it" https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/covid-19-smoke-and-mirrors-what-matters-international-law
"Despite all the rhetoric and constant piling on the WHO for inaction, many member states actually want a weak WHO."
"That is exactly why they don’t want to pay for it" https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/covid-19-smoke-and-mirrors-what-matters-international-law
15a. Our trackers of travel bans on China and their effects
Forty-five nations imposed travel restrictions on China before the United States did.
via @samckiernan & Maddy DeVita https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/travel-restrictions-china-due-covid-19
Forty-five nations imposed travel restrictions on China before the United States did.
via @samckiernan & Maddy DeVita https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/travel-restrictions-china-due-covid-19
15b. Our trackers of travel bans on China and their effects (cont.)
Travel bans neither stopped the spread of this novel #coronavirus nor prevented it from becoming a pandemic
via @samckiernan, Maddy DeVita & me https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/tracking-coronavirus-countries-and-without-travel-bans
Travel bans neither stopped the spread of this novel #coronavirus nor prevented it from becoming a pandemic
via @samckiernan, Maddy DeVita & me https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/tracking-coronavirus-countries-and-without-travel-bans
16. @CharlesShey describes the importance of a coordinated approach to #COVID19 in South Africa
“This pandemic will pass, but it is up to us to determine how long it will last” https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/south-africas-war-covid-19
“This pandemic will pass, but it is up to us to determine how long it will last” https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/south-africas-war-covid-19
17. Deepa Jahagirdar on the role of ageism plays in #COVID19 response
“Public health policy can be particularly harmful when subpopulations believe they are not at risk simply because they were not the target of a policy” https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/age-age-covid-19?utm_source=tw_tgh&utm_medium=social_owned
“Public health policy can be particularly harmful when subpopulations believe they are not at risk simply because they were not the target of a policy” https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/age-age-covid-19?utm_source=tw_tgh&utm_medium=social_owned
18. Why the best metrics of pandemic preparedness failed to predict success in the #COVID19 pandemic https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/all-bets-are-measuring-pandemic-preparedness
19. @sonyastoked sums up what went wrong with the U.S. #COVID19 response:
“We were delayed, we were unorganized, and we were ill-equipped.” https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/back-basics-after-covid-19
“We were delayed, we were unorganized, and we were ill-equipped.” https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/back-basics-after-covid-19
20. Joseph Dieleman, Emilie Maddison, Ritu Sadana, & @AngelaEMicah1 @IHME_UW assess what aging populations mean for health systems and their financing
“By 2100, there are expected to be twice as many people over eighty as children under five” https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/aging-world-requires-more-support-health-systems?utm_medium=social_owned&utm_source=tw_tgh
“By 2100, there are expected to be twice as many people over eighty as children under five” https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/aging-world-requires-more-support-health-systems?utm_medium=social_owned&utm_source=tw_tgh
Many thanks to all the @ThinkGlobalHlth authors. It was really hard to pick just a few of the many great posts.
We wish health and happiness for our readers and a new year that is better than the last.
We wish health and happiness for our readers and a new year that is better than the last.
Many thanks to @BloombergDotOrg for generous support of @ThinkGlobalHlth & @IHME_UW for collaboration
Thx also to editors & interns for their great work. @samckiernan Caroline Kantis @kleachkemon @JasonBardi @TedAlcorn @priyankasethy_ Maddy DeVita, @YousofOmeish, Shuhab Elhag
Thx also to editors & interns for their great work. @samckiernan Caroline Kantis @kleachkemon @JasonBardi @TedAlcorn @priyankasethy_ Maddy DeVita, @YousofOmeish, Shuhab Elhag
