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Pandemic Preparedness for the Real World

Why We Must Invest in Equitable, Ethical and Effective Approaches to Help Prepare for the Next Pandemic The cost of the Covid-19...

Negotiating Intersecting Precarities: Covid-19, Pandemic Preparedness and Response in Africa

Published by: Taylor & Francis Online

This article shares findings on Covid-19 in Africa across 2020 to examine concepts and practices of epidemic preparedness and response....

Rethinking Disease Preparedness: Incertitude and the Politics of Knowledge

Published by: Taylor and Francis

This paper argues for a rethinking of disease preparedness that puts incertitude and the politics of knowledge at the centre. Through...

Post-pandemic Transformations: How and Why Covid-19 Requires us to Rethink Development

Published by: Elsevier

COVID-19 is proving to be the long awaited ‘big one’: a pandemic capable of bringing societies and economies to their knees. There...

Local Response in Health Emergencies: Key Considerations for Addressing the Covid-19 Pandemic in Informal Urban Settlements

Published by: Sage Journals

This paper highlights the major challenges and considerations for addressing Covid-19 in informal settlements. It discusses what is...

Chronic Conditions and COVID-19 in Informal Urban Settlements: a Protracted Emergency

COVID-19 has forced a reckoning about how we live, and in particular how exposure to disease risks are unevenly distributed. This...

Covid-19: Key Considerations for a Public Health Response

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

The Covid-19 pandemic is more than a health crisis. Its long-term economic and societal effects may well outweigh its initial public health impact. It is therefore essential that responses are socially sensitive and attuned to mitigating these secondary effects.

Key Considerations for Covid-19 Management in Marginalised Populations in Southeast Asia: Transnational Migrants, Informal Workers, and People Living in Informal Settlements

This brief presents considerations for Covid-19 management among structurally vulnerable populations in Southeast Asia, including...

Key Considerations: Covid-19 in the Context of Conflict and Displacement – Myanmar

This brief focuses on Covid-19 in Myanmar and how the interplay between conflict, displacement and inter-communal tensions may influence...

Key Considerations: Covid-19 in Informal Urban Settlements (March 2020)

This brief sets out key considerations for protecting informal urban settlements from the spread and impacts of Covid-19. There is...