Since March 2020, Airmic has been issuing Friday Reading, a curated series of readings and knowledge resources sent by email to Airmic members. The objective of Airmic Friday Reading was initially to keep members informed during the Covid-19 pandemic. Today, Airmic Friday Reading has evolved in scope to include content on a wide range of subjects with each email edition following a theme. This page is a searchable archive of all the readings and knowledge resources that have been shared.
Friday Reading Edition 60 (28th May 2021)
The pandemic has foregrounded the long-standing need for universal health coverage in India. In the present moment, India confronts an immediate emergency to save lives and reduce suffering. Here are eight recommendations for the central and state governments that share responsibility for the health of the India's people.
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Friday Reading Edition 60 (28th May 2021)
People are more likely to get vaccinated against diseases such as Covid-19 in countries where societal trust in science is high. This is the key finding from a new report, published recently in Nature Human Behaviour, from the LSE, The University of Sydney and Surrey University.
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Friday Reading Edition 60 (28th May 2021)
In Rockcliffe Hall Limited v Travelers Insurance Company Ltd [2021], Travelers succeeded in obtaining strike out/summary judgment against a policyholder’s Covid-19 business interruption claim because Covid-19 was not specifically included in the policy’s ‘closed list’ of specified diseases.
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Friday Reading Edition 60 (28th May 2021)
The acceleration of Covid-19 vaccination programmes in the developed world, combined with easy monetary policy and more fiscal stimulus, is pushing GDP growth and inflation estimates higher. These changes are reverberating across global markets, pushing global bond yields and equities higher.
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Friday Reading Edition 60 (28th May 2021)
[Free to read upon providing contact details] China and Russia have been sending millions of doses of coronavirus vaccines to (mostly) developing states in recent months. Vaccine diplomacy deals are different from regular contracts between pharmaceutical companies and governments: vaccine diplomacy deals are concluded between two sovereign states, making them (geo)political rather than business-oriented deals.
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