How to respond to and prepare for pandemics is a top policy priority, but there are many uncertainties.
In the fifth chapter of the book, Navigating Uncertainty: Radical Rethinking for a Turbulent World, I focus on the lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic. The chapter moves between different sites – the modelling community in key medical and public health schools in the UK and two places where the pandemic was being confronted – the UK Midlands and southern Zimbabwe.
This article is from Zimbabweland, a blog written by IDS Research Fellow Ian Scoones. Zimbabweland focuses on issues related to rural livelihoods and land reform in Zimbabwe.
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