Dr. Bendavid provides an overview of the efforts made by developed countries to improve global health, touching on the responsibilities of developed nations and the effectiveness of our programs. He also speaks about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected global health outcomes in developing countries and what the global community should do to address the repercussions.

Dr. Bendavid is an Associate Professor of Medicine (Primary Care and Population Health) and a Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment. His work broadly investigates the drivers of population health improvements in developing countries. He uses a mix of experimental, econometric, qualitative, modeling, and demographic tools to study how economic, political, natural environments affect population health and applies his research findings to produce insights and strategies for improving health.

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