Think Global Health Newsletter: Pandemic Border Restrictions and Ukrainian Refugees and Excess COVID Deaths
Think Global Health Newsletter: Pandemic Border Restrictions and Ukrainian Refugees and Excess COVID Deaths
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January 16, 2025 
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Editors' Note We continue to monitor the events unfolding in Ukraine, including the refugee crisis that has emerged from Russia's invasion. This week, we examine how COVID-19 travel restrictions are affecting countries' willingness to take in Ukrainian refugees, finding surprising levels of flexibility in receiving countries.
Although the latest omicron waves are ebbing in some parts of the globe, the virus has left long-lasting marks, especially for women and girls. Our next article examines the staggering gender-related educational, social, and economic consequences of the pandemic. This week, the world officially passed the grim milestone of six million confirmed deaths due to COVID-19, but researchers of a new study report on excess deaths and estimate that the true toll could be more than eighteen million total deaths associated with COVID.
Our final articles cover a profile of the mayor of Columbus, Ohio, and his city's efforts to reduce health disparities rooted in racism; a look at global health budget decisions faced by the U.S. Congress; and how to address a coming swell of dementia.
As always, thank you for reading, and be well. —Thomas J. Bollyky and Mary Brophy Marcus, Editors
This Week's Highlights 
by Samantha Kiernan and Sarah Nance 
by Joseph Friedman, Luisa S. Flor, Emmanuela Gakidou Around the globe, the pandemic set back girls and women in education, work, and homes
by Stefanie Watson, Haley Comfort, and Spencer Pease True death counts from the virus are likely much higher than official numbers
Stat of the Week 57.4 Million 57.4 million people were living with dementia in 2019 worldwide, a number expected to triple in the next 28 years
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by Emma Nichols and Annie Chan Dementia cases could triple globally by 2050—but here’s how public health professionals can help
What We're Reading End of COVID Funds? House Eyes $15.6B, but Outlook Dim (Washington Post)
Getting to and Sustaining the Next Normal: A Roadmap of Living with COVID (COVID Roadmap)
A Nigerian Doctor's Fight for Equitable Access to Vaccines (New York Times)
How Air Pollution Across America Reflects Racist Policy From the 1930s (New York Times)
COVID-19 May Cause Changes in the Brain, New Study Finds (New York Times) 
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