May 2020 – Percept

We need caution, robust methods and strong evidence when quantifying the mortality impacts from the Covid-19 recession

Anja Smith | May 2020 During the last two weeks debates and discussions on the direct mortality impacts of Covid-19 relative to the mortality impacts that will flow from the...

We were already sick: Covid-19, non-communicable diseases, and the health response we really need.

Beth Vale | May 2020 In 1971, epidemiologist Abdel Omran, published an influential article in which he declared that humanity was undergoing an ‘epidemiological transition.’ The world was no longer...

Monthly Archives - May 2020

We need caution, robust methods and strong evidence when quantifying the mortality impacts from the Covid-19 recession

We were already sick: Covid-19, non-communicable diseases, and the health response we really need.