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Blog Post
June 16, 2020
Because of the uncertainties that complicate modelling, there is value in different research groups working independently to build models. Different models will employ different methods, data, and assumptions and will seek to answer different policy questions. Here we take a look from an end-user’s ...
Blog Post
June 15, 2020
COVID-19 has placed an unimaginable strain on health systems across the world, especially in regions that have been hit hardest. Some countries have utilised their armed forces to assist the civilian response to the COVID-19 crisis. Recognising the important relationship between the military an...
Blog Post
June 12, 2020
This week, in our final installment in the series, we examine how one particularly vulnerable population served by the Luminos Fund—refugee children in Lebanon—has been affected. The Citizens Foundation in Pakistan describes what school closures mean for girls and their education and life oppor...
Blog Post
June 12, 2020
Evidence-based policy generation is an aspiration more than reality at the best of times. With COVID-19 generating extreme uncertainty and urgency of action across the world, it has become harder than ever. This blog considers three areas where both researchers and policymakers need to engage more e...
Blog Post
June 12, 2020
Last month we published a blog post tracking new COVID-19 cases in countries where schools had recently reopened or were about to reopen. Two weeks on, we’ve updated the data. In the countries where the epidemic was sizable and where schools have been open for a few weeks, the trend remains more or ...
Blog Post
June 12, 2020
How is the pandemic likely to evolve as it spreads to poorer countries? In a new working paper, we attempt to answer one piece of that question, predicting the infection fatality rate for COVID-19 for 187 countries based on demography, comorbidities, and the strength of health systems.