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https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/covid-19-fueled-record-breaking-investments-global-health>
"The pandemic's toll has been terrible: almost eight million deaths have been
reported globally since 2020, and the total number of COVID-19 deaths—which
includes unreported deaths—adds up to an estimated 18.5 million. Meanwhile,
there are still millions of new infections occurring every day around the
world.
But COVID-19 has also been "disruptive" in the positive sense of the word. The
idea of disruption being a good thing traces back to a 1995
Harvard Business
Review paper on how unexpected technologies can supplant existing ones,
creating new possibilities. The tragedy of COVID-19 has also led to a decline
in air pollution and the fastest vaccine development in history.
Among other positive disruptions due to COVID-19 is a massive increase in
development assistance for health (DAH); spending to fight COVID-19 led to the
largest year-over-year increase in total DAH on record. Development assistance
for health encompasses a range of programs and activities, from diagnosing
conditions, to purchasing supplies (like mosquito bed nets), to treating
disease. Many low- and lower-middle-income countries rely on DAH to maintain or
improve health, and without DAH the historical burden of diseases like malaria
and HIV/AIDS may well have been higher."
Via
Future Crunch:
https://futurecrunch.com/good-news-human-rights-spain/
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
