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The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From Health Affairs

October 24, 2021

Dear John,

In some exciting news, Health Affairs and our agency partner RocketMill
won a 2021 Search Award for "Best Use of
Search - Third Sector / Not For Profit"
for our work on Rapid
Response Pandemic Policy & Preparedness.

When the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic,
Health Affairs was the first to publish on most of the research that
impacted global policy and public health responses. To ensure that this
vital content was reaching a broader audience, we reengineered our
publication process to publish quickly at scale.

Visit the COVID-19 Resource Center to see some of this work
.

What's New In Health Affairs

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Nigeria is a leading contributor to global child deaths, accounting for
about 10 percent and 12 percent, respectively, of all neonatal deaths
and stillbirths.

Edward Okeke and coauthors present evidence that the COVID-19 pandemic
worsened birth outcomes in Nigeria
.
Studying women who gave birth between August 2019 and November 2020,
they find that the pandemic was associated with a 22 percent relative
increase in stillbirths and a 23 percent relative increase in newborn
deaths.  

Child mortality was essentially flat in the months leading up to the
pandemic, but started to increase by May 2020.

"Commentators have noted that low- and middle-income countries such as
Nigeria have experienced a relatively low number of COVID-19 deaths, but
our findings indicate that there are many more deaths attributable to
the pandemic that are not being counted," they write.  

This week on Health Affairs Blog, Katie Keith explained the
Congressional Budget Office analysis
of
the coverage provisions

in the Build Back Better Act. The CBO estimates federal costs of $553.2
billion over ten years and a drop in the number of uninsured people of
about 3.9 million people.

And, as part of the blog series "Value Assessment: Where Do We Go
Post-COVID?" Darius Lakdawalla and coauthors discussed the implications

of the COVID-19 pandemic for how we approach value as a guide for
allocating limited health care resources.

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Our October 2021

**Lunch and Learn**session will feature Health Affairs Director of
Health Equity,

**Vabren Watts, PhD**, who will give an update on the journal's
initiative to advance racial equity in scholarly publishing of health
services research. He will discuss Health Affairs' strategy and
programming aimed at increasing the quality and quantity of health
equity content in all aspects of the journal, and the number of
contributors from racially diverse backgrounds.

Date:

**Tuesday, October 26, 2021**
Time:

**1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. EDT**
Place:

**Online details to be shared upon registration**

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Featured This Week

In Nigeria, Stillbirths And Newborn Deaths Increased During The COVID-19
Pandemic

Edward N. Okeke et al.

Podcast: Pathways To Equitable And Antiracist Maternal Mental Health
Care

Alan Weil and Isabel Morgan

Podcast: What's Happening With The FDA Commissioner Appointment?

Jessica Bylander and Chris Fleming

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Pathways To Equitable And Antiracist Maternal Mental Health Care

Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Isabel Morgan,
director of the Birth Equity Research Scholars Program at the National
Birth Equity Collaborative, on the effects of structural racism on Black
birthing people's mental health and how we can do better.

Listen Here

On The Blog This Week

Revising Our Regulatory Approach To Oral Antivirals For COVID-19: An
Unmet Need In Our Pandemic Arsenal

Nisarg Patel and Joy Jin

HealthCare.gov Updates; Latest Insurer Guidance

Katie Keith

Incarceration Is A Health Threat. Why Isn't It Monitored Like One?

Meghan Peterson and Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein

The Future Of Value Assessment In A Post-Pandemic United States

Donna Cryer

Making COVID-19 Screening Part Of Routine Symptom Monitoring

Robert S. Rudin et al.

On The Brink Of A Digital Health Care Transformation: What Germany Can
Learn From The United States

Yoni Goldwasser et al.

Pandemic Wakes The Learning Health System: How We Developed And Continue
Refining COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines

Blackford Middleton et al.

How COVID Can Help Us Refocus On The How And Why Of Value Assessment

Darius Lakdawalla et al.

CBO Analysis Of House's Build Back Better Act, HHS Proposes Rescinding
"Good Guidance" Rule

Katie Keith

How Are The Kids Doing? The Well-Being Of Children And The Nation's
Potential

Anita Chandra et al.

Survey Confirms Effectiveness Of Telehealth In Rural America And Beyond

Walter Panzirer

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What's Happening with the FDA Commissioner Appointment?

Senior Editors Jessica Bylander and Chris Fleming dive into the
potential appointment of Robert Califf as FDA Commissioner and give an
overview of the role FDA plays in regulation outside of drugs and
medical devices.

Listen Here

 

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