Hummel C, Knaul FM, Touchton M., et al. Bolivia is one of the poorest countries in Latin America with a gross domestic product of around US$3500 per capita, health spending of approximately $220 per capita, a labour market dominated by informal work, and a weak health system. However, in the response to COVID-19, Bolivia has […]
Category: news
Swiss Tages Anzeiger’s take on COVID-19 in Latam
Our researchers Felicia Knaul and Michael Touchton were quoted in the following article in Swiss newspaper Tages Anzeiger in discussion about Latin America’s situation in the current pandemic. The following text is a AI-produced translation of the original article, available here. As if Corona had never existed In many large cities in Latin America, people […]
Recent Highlights – 6/19
The world has entered a ‘dangerous phase’ with the reopening, according to the WHO [Spanish; “‘El mundo entró en una ‘fase peligrosa’ con el desconfinamiento’: OMS”] The general director of the World Health Organization (WHO) warned this Friday that the world has entered a new and dangerous phase in the fight against COVID-19 as countries […]
Recent Highlights – 6/16
The Coronavirus is killing many more young people in the developing world [Spanish; “El coronavirus está matando a muchos más jóvenes en los países en vías de desarrollo”] COVID-19 is currently making its move towards the developing world, and while doing so, is changing the profile of victims of the disease. Opposite to what was […]
Recent Highlights – 6/12
Recent Highlights for 6/12, including the importance of data visualization, preparing for the worst, and how lockdowns helped in the fight against COVID-19. […]