This webinar intends to bring together those two communities to discuss the challenges of combining macroeconomic and epidemiological modelling , with a focus on LMICs. We will first discuss the work of Marcus Keogh Brown and Henning Jensen, Associate Professors at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) on the macroeconomic impact on the Pakistan economy of Covid-19 and non-pharmaceutical interventions. The presentation will be followed by a discussion from Dr Mark Blecher, South African National Treasury’s Chief Director for Health and Social Development, about the evidence needs for decision-makers planning their COVID response, and Dr Katharina Hauck, reader in health economics and deputy director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Institute for Disease and Emergency Analytics (J-IDEA), School of Public Health, Imperial College London.
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