https://www.scmp.com/rss/512628/feed Mariana Mazzucato (PhD) is chair of the WHO Council on the Economics of Health for All and professor in the economics of innovation and public value at University College London (UCL), where she is founding director of the UCL Institute for Innovation & Public Purpose (IIPP). en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Among Covid-19’s most important governance lessons, we have learned that trying to battle a pandemic without long-term investment in public health systems and responsive leadership is like attempting to put out a forest fire with a garden hosepipe. When the pandemic hit, governments had to rapidly implement test and trace systems, deliver personal protective equipment to frontline workers, and make sure that vaccines were developed and put into the arms of the population. They had to manage the... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3178930/three-lessons-countries-which-performed-best-tackling-covid-19?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3178930/three-lessons-countries-which-performed-best-tackling-covid-19?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 24 May 2022 16:30:18 +0000