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Letters Socioeconomics and covid-19

Rising to the triple challenge of covid-19, Brexit, and climate change

BMJ 2020; 370 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m2798 (Published 15 July 2020) Cite this as: BMJ 2020;370:m2798
  1. Liz Green, programme director for health impact assessment1 ,
  2. Sara Wood, public health researcher2,
  3. Mark A Bellis, director and professor of public health2 3
  1. 1Wales Health Impact Assessment Support Unit / WHO Collaborating Centre on Investment for Health and Well-being, Public Health Wales, Croesnewydd Hall, Wrexham Technology Park, Wrexham LL13 7YP, UK
  2. 2WHO Collaborating Centre on Investment for Health and Well-being, Public Health Wales, Clwydian House, Wrexham Technology Park, Wrexham, UK
  3. 3College of Health Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor, UK
  1. Liz.Green{at}wales.nhs.uk

Anderson and colleagues discuss the need to mitigate the longer term effects of the covid-19 pandemic in an equitable way.1 Plans for the United Kingdom need to tackle the triple public health challenge it faces from covid-19, climate change, and Brexit.

The pandemic and measures to control it are exposing interwoven relationships between wellbeing, inequalities, the economy, the environment, and society as …

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