Our Postpandemic World: What Will It Take to Build a Better Future for People and Planet?

Schalkwyk, May C I van; Maani, Nason; Cohen, Jonathan; McKee, Martin; Petticrew, Mark

doi:10.1111/1468-0009.12508

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“…Finally, Europe must now look beyond the pandemic to ask how we can build back better. 50 This will require policies that foster inclusiveness, investment and innovation, principles established at the 2018 Tallinn Ministerial Conference 51 and being taken forward in the Pan-European Commission on Health and Sustainable Development. 52 In these, and in other initiatives, the European public health community must ensure that it is always ‘in the room where it happens’.…”

Section: Implications For Europementioning

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Research into policy: lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic

Schalkwyk

McKee

2021

European Journal of Public Health

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There has been an unprecedented global effort by researchers from many disciplines to obtain and synthesize knowledge to inform policy responses to SARS-CoV-2. While many major advances have been made in generating and applying knowledge on a pandemic caused by a novel pathogen, some things could have been done better, as revealed by the devastating loss of life and economic impact on livelihoods and communities. We reflect on the context in which the pandemic emerged, characterized by underinvestment in public health and growing distrust in institutions, followed by an overview of three broad areas: generation of new knowledge, synthesis of existing knowledge, both what was known prior to the pandemic and what emerged during it, and the challenges of translating knowledge into policy. We also consider areas that were largely overlooked in the research effort. Across all areas, we aim to draw out relevant lessons for future research and public health practice.

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Research into policy: lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic

Schalkwyk

McKee

2021

European Journal of Public Health

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“…The pandemic provided no exception, catalyzing the redistribution of wealth to the wealthy and further exacerbating disadvantage ( 21 , 22 ). This has fueled renewed discussion about the need for reconstruction of economic, social, and health systems in ways that will deliver healthier, more equal and resilient societies capable of collectively responding to looming global challenges ( 23 ).…”

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Measuring, Modeling, and Forecasting the Mental Wealth of Nations

Occhipinti

Buchanan²,

Skinner³

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Front. Public Health

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The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the deep links and fragility of economic, health and social systems. Discussions of reconstruction include renewed interest in moving beyond GDP and recognizing “human capital”, “brain capital”, “mental capital”, and “wellbeing” as assets fundamental to economic reimagining, productivity, and prosperity. This paper describes how the conceptualization of Mental Wealth provides an important framing for measuring and shaping social and economic renewal to underpin healthy, productive, resilient, and thriving communities. We propose a transdisciplinary application of systems modeling to forecast a nation's Mental Wealth and understand the extent to which policy-mediated changes in economic, social, and health sectors could enhance collective mental health and wellbeing, social cohesion, and national prosperity. Specifically, simulation will allow comparison of the projected impacts of a range of cross-sector strategies (education sector, mental health system, labor market, and macroeconomic reforms) on GDP and national Mental Wealth, and provide decision support capability for future investments and actions to foster Mental Wealth. Finally, this paper introduces the Mental Wealth Initiative that is harnessing complex systems science to examine the interrelationships between social, commercial, and structural determinants of mental health and wellbeing, and working to empirically challenge the notion that fostering universal social prosperity is at odds with economic and commercial interests.

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“…COVID-19 is a tragedy we must lament, but we can also seize it as an opportunity to rethink our existing global health architecture. [6] Many threats to health arise at the intersection of human, animal and environmental health – not least, the increase in antimicrobial resistance (AMR) that may yet reverse the achievements of modern medicine. [7] The inordinate effects on the planet of human (in)action are recognized in the naming of a new era, the Anthropocene [8] .…”

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Drawing light from the pandemic: Rethinking strategies for health policy and beyond

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The COVID-19 pandemic is a catastrophe. It was also preventable. The potential impacts of a novel pathogen were foreseen and for decades scientists and commentators around the world warned of the threat. Most governments and global institutions failed to heed the warnings or to pay enough attention to risks emerging at the interface of human, animal, and environmental health. We were not ready for COVID-19, and people, economies, and governments around the world have suffered as a result. We must learn from these experiences now and implement transformational changes so that we can prevent future crises, and if and when emergencies do emerge, we can respond in more timely, robust and equitable ways, and minimize immediate and longer-term impacts. In 2020-21 the Pan-European Commission on Health and Sustainable Development assessed the challenges posed by COVID-19 in the WHO European region and the lessons from the response. The Commissioners have addressed health in its entirety, analyzing the interactions between health and sustainable development and considering how other policy priorities can contribute to achieving both. The Commission's final report makes a series of policy recommendations that are evidence-informed and above all actionable. Adopting them would achieve seven key objectives and help build truly sustainable health systems and fairer societies.

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Our Postpandemic World: What Will It Take to Build a Better Future for People and Planet?

Cited by 15 publications

References 74 publications

Research into policy: lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic

Research into policy: lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic

Measuring, Modeling, and Forecasting the Mental Wealth of Nations

Drawing light from the pandemic: Rethinking strategies for health policy and beyond

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