2021 PUBLIC HEALTH STORIES #47

Curated public health stories for this week from my reading shelf for Week 47 of 2021. I. A new six-month progress report from The Independent Panel outlining how we’re losing time to make the world safer from pandemics. Read it from here. II. A very important issue of vaccine supply inequity in lower income countries. […]

2021 PUBLIC HEALTH STORIES #46

Curated public health stories for this week from my reading shelf for Week 46 of 2021. I. A set of open-source digital tools to empower public health teams to boost the efficiency of outreach and support services developed by https://preventepidemics.org/. These can be easily translated for use for other health emergencies as well. II. A […]

2021 PUBLIC HEALTH STORIES #45

Curated public health stories for this week from my reading shelf for Week 45 of 2021. I. What we know about waning vaccine effectiveness from NY Times II. The landmark paper on NEJM discusses ” the U.K. 100,000 Genomes Project is in the process of investigating the role of genome sequencing in patients with undiagnosed […]

2021 PUBLIC HEALTH STORIES #44

Curated public health stories for this week from my reading shelf for Week 44 of 2021. I. Great graphical abstract of how multi mitigation measures in a US public school system, pre-vaccination helps control COVID transmission II. Wealthy nations have received more than 16 times the amount of vaccines delivered to poor nations, according to […]

2021 PUBLIC HEALTH STORIES #43

Curated public health stories for this week from my reading shelf for Week 43 of 2021. I. This NY Times article titled ” How Will We Live if Covid Is Here to Stay?” reminding us of a critical reality “To do that, we have to face facts: Covid may well be with us forever.” II. […]

2021 PUBLIC HEALTH STORIES #42

Curated public health stories for this week from my reading shelf for Week 42 of 2021. I. Are digital technologies a new determinant of health? This Lancet Commission report makes a very compelling case. This should be a must-read for anyone interested in technology and its impact on health. II. Every country has a unique […]

2021 PUBLIC HEALTH STORIES #41

Curated public health stories for this week from my reading shelf for Week 41 of 2021. I. A long (151 page) report on UK’s pandemic management is a must read for anyone interested in disaster response and public health emergency management. “This report lays bare the failings of the U.K. government to contain Covid, including […]

2021 PUBLIC HEALTH STORIES #40

Curated public health stories for this week from my reading shelf for Week 40 of 2021. I. Nature covers what happens after vaccination with COVID. II. What a remarkable Lancet study on the effects of the pandemic on mental health, anxiety, and depression, across 204 countries. “Unlike other population shocks, COVID-19 has become global, disrupting […]

2021 PUBLIC HEALTH STORIES #39

Curated public health stories for this week from my reading shelf for Week 39 of 2021. I. This is alarming. The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in the largest loss of life expectancy since World War II, worst among American men Quantifying impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic through life-expectancy losses: a population-level study of 29 countries […]

2021 PUBLIC HEALTH STORIES #38

Curated public health stories for this week from my reading shelf for Week 38 of 2021. I. Do we need a better vaccine verification system? If so, how? An opinion piece from Dr Frieden. “Vaccination requirements are already here and will continue to expand. We need to make verification systems accurate, secure and fair. To […]