COVID-19 as a global challenge: towards an inclusive and sustainable future

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Lambert, H., Gupte, J., Fletcher, H., Hammond, L., Lowe, N., Pelling, M., Raina, N., Shahid, T. and Shanks, K. 2020. COVID-19 as a global challenge: towards an inclusive and sustainable future. The Lancet Planetary Health. 4 (8), pp. 312-314. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196(20)30168-6
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TitleCOVID-19 as a global challenge: towards an inclusive and sustainable future
AuthorsLambert, H., Gupte, J., Fletcher, H., Hammond, L., Lowe, N., Pelling, M., Raina, N., Shahid, T. and Shanks, K.
Abstract

COVID-19 is a global challenge that demands researchers, policy makers, and governments address multiple dimensions which go far beyond the implications of this pandemic for health and wellbeing. Just as the UN Sustainable Development Goals call for focus on the connections between development policy sectors, the pandemic has exposed the complex global interdependencies that underpin economies and highlighted fault lines in societal structures that perpetuate ethnic, economic, social, and gender inequalities. Here, we highlight the pandemic's emerging potential consequences for achieving sustainable development with respect to the six global challenge areas we collectively address at the UK Research and Innovation's Global Challenges Research Fund:1 food systems; education; cities and sustainable infrastructure; security, protracted conflict, refugee crises, and forced displacement; environmental resilience; and global health. As the immediate health consequences of the pandemic unfold and begin to be superseded by the impact of public health containment measures, we call for a refocusing of research and action not only to mitigate these impacts but to build sustainability and strengthened resilience into future recovery.

Sustainable Development Goals3 Good health and well-being
Middlesex University ThemeHealth & Wellbeing
PublisherElsevier
JournalThe Lancet Planetary Health
ISSN2542-5196
Publication dates
Online20 Jul 2020
Print12 Aug 2020
Publication process dates
Deposited30 Sep 2022
Accepted20 Jul 2020
Output statusPublished
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Copyright © 2020 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an Open Access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196(20)30168-6
Web of Science identifierWOS:000573750600006
LanguageEnglish
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