The Indirect Health Effects of COVID-19

The full extent of COVID-19's impact remains to be seen. At CGD, we've been reviewing the indirect health effects brought on by disruptions to essential health services. Over the past year CGD partnered with researchers in Kenya, the Philippines, South Africa,and Uganda to document, from a whole-of-health perspective, what we know about the nature, scale, and scope of the disruptions to essential health services in those countries, and the health effects of such disruptions. Find out more below!

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POLICY PAPER

Beyond COVID-19: A Whole of Health Look at Impacts During the Pandemic Response
Y-Ling Chi et al.
July 01, 2020
Substantial evidence has emerged relating to the potential magnitude of the indirect health effects of the coronavirus pandemic.This paper provides an overview of the lessons learned from previous outbreaks and economic crises in relation to indirect health effects as well as a framework for adoptin...