COVID-19 Global Response

Overview

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed structural inequalities leading to health disparities and disproportionate burden of disease in underserved and socially vulnerable populations in all countries around the world. The Duke-Margolis faculty and research team are leading work to achieving test and tracing capacity, ensuring effective management and provision of health services, developing financing mechanisms for global access to a vaccine, mobilizing COVID-19 resources, and enabling continuous learning to adapt to the local context.

Key publications:

Read our commentary published in BMJ Global Health here. With co-authors from 12 other countries, we describe adjustments to the continuum of rehabilitation services across twelve low-, middle- and high-income countries in the context of national COVID-19 preparedness recommendations and provide a set of considerations for decision makers on the provision and payment of these essential services. Read our commentary published in BMJ Global Health here. 

Read our blog published in Brookings Global Health here. The SDGs actually provide the agenda for a sustainable global response to COVID-19—sustainable in that the response to this emergency should not lead to a neglect of the critical elements for equitable, affordable health care for all. In this blog post, we outline four opportunities for global health policy to renew the world’s commitment to the SDGs.

Read our commentary on health financing lessons that we can we learn about how to achieve ‘good health and well-being for all’.