People often think of health as what happens in the health system and medicine, but our lives are shaped by so much more than that, and unless we get the laws right, the policies right, the systems right, unless we reach all of these different stakeholders in a real human way, I don't think we can shape the environment that we need to get health right.
Read MoreThe Global Health Security Index (GHSI), published in 2019, ranked the United States first among nations in its pandemic preparedness. This paper uses the GHSI framework to explore how systemic racism resulted United State's failure to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic adequately.
Read MoreMany of us are anxiously looking forward to a “return to normal” after the Covid-19 pandemic. But as much as we miss the interactions and activities of pre-Covid life, it’s an ideal time to consider the possibility of “emerging better” instead of normal. For many people, how they decide to live after Covid-19 may determine if they have vibrancy vs. debilitating chronic diseases in their later years.
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