Lessons from COVID-19 pandemic for the child survival agenda
AUTHOR(S)
S. V. Subramanian; Pritha Chatterjee; Omar Karlsson
Published: December 2020
Journal: Journal of Global Health
The public discourse around the COVID-19 pandemic has been strikingly quantitative. Worldwide,
the mainstream media has regularly informed the public of confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths,
including projections of worst-case scenarios drawn from esoteric epidemiological models. The
prominence and visibility of data, regardless of its completeness or quality, underscored the threat of COVID-19 to policy makers and lay individuals alike. It also prompted governments to swiftly lock down
their societies, despite the socioeconomic disruptions and human suffering associated with such lockdowns. The widespread media coverage of COVID-19 data and swift response from governments highlight the potency of real-time data, and contain important lessons for public health policy, which when
applied, could raise the profile of other health issues and spur action among key stakeholders.
S. V. Subramanian; Pritha Chatterjee; Omar Karlsson December 2020 Lessons from COVID-19 pandemic for the child survival agenda. Journal of Global Health, vol. 10 (2), pp. 3.