The COVID pandemic knocked back progress towards improving public health. Without addressing the underlying social and economic causes of ill health, it could completely stall.

The past few years have not been easy on the world’s health-care systems. When the United Nations set its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015, the threat of a pandemic sweeping the world would not have registered with most people.

Nature 619, 221 (2023)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-02251-y

  • shiveyarbles@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    When the rich control decisions required to reduce the wealth gap, it’s just going to get worse, not better.