The Syndemics of Emergency: How COVID-19 Demands a Holistic View of Public Health Promotion and Preparedness

Affiliations

¹ Vinyas Harish is with the MD/PhD Program, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto and the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Editorial

Vinyas Harish. Am J Public Health. 2021 Mar.

. 2021 Mar;111(3):353-354.

doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2020.306116.

¹ Vinyas Harish is with the MD/PhD Program, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto and the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.

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