INVESTMENTS IN PRIMARY HEALTH CARE, INCLUDING TRAINING THE WORKFORCE, AND USING DIGITAL TOOLS WILL BE KEY
unprecedented challenge for humanity and forcefully brought home the point that good health is central to economic well-being—for countries and for the world as a whole. Not only is it the biggest economic shock of the past two centuries, with the global economy losing over $8 trillion, but poorer countries and people have borne the brunt, leading to an even more sharply unequal world. Further, it is expected that this generation of students impacted by large-scale school closures could lose $17 trillion in lifetime earnings. COVID also showed us that the returns on investments in science and technology are huge, with the knowledge and tools to conquer the effects of the virus coming from science. It underlined the need for
