Demography as social science and policy science
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Demographic science aids in understanding the spread and fatality rates of COVID-19
Governments around the world must rapidly mobilize and make difficult policy decisions to mitigate the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Because deaths have been concentrated at older ages, we highlight the important role of demography, particularly, how the age structure of a population may help explain differences in fatality rates across countries and how transmission unfolds. We...
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Dr. Zitha Mokomane is a Senior Research Specialist in the Population Health, Health Systems and Innovation research programme at the Human Sciences Research Council in South Africa. She holds a MA and a PhD (Family Demography), both from the Australian National University. Before joining the Human Science Research Council, Dr Mokomane was a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Population Studie...
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