The Lancet Commission on improving population health post-COVID-19

Harry Rutter; Katharina Wabnitz; Devaki  Nambiar; Amandine Garde; Tim G. Benton; David L. Heymann; Robert Yates; Sharon Friel; Gareth J. Hollands; Wenjia  Cai; Nick Chater; David E. Bloom; Renzo R. Guinto; Omnia  El Omrani; James Wilsdon; John H. Amuasi; Creon  Butler; Sheila  Tlou; Theresa M Marteau

doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(25)02061-6

The Lancet Commission on improving population health post-COVID-19

Harry Rutter, Katharina Wabnitz, Devaki Nambiar, Amandine Garde, Tim G. Benton, David L. Heymann, Robert Yates, Sharon Friel, Gareth J. Hollands, Wenjia Cai, Nick Chater, David E. Bloom, Renzo R. Guinto, Omnia El Omrani, James Wilsdon, John H. Amuasi, Creon Butler, Sheila Tlou, Theresa M Marteau

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	367-308
Journal	The Lancet
Volume	407
Issue number	10525
Early online date	11 Dec 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(25)02061-6
Publication status	Published - 17 Jan 2026

Acknowledgements

We are grateful to the experts who contributed to the expert elicitation exercise. We thank Kent Buse, Effrosyni Frini Chantzi, Jessica Hamer, Sophie Hawkesworth, Tamara Lucas, Nina van der Mark, Claire Munoz Parry, Parnika Purwar, Trisha Shetty, Theresa Surita, Tushar Sood, and Madeleine Thomson for their contributions to the Commission. We thank Sandra Cutter for providing administrative support throughout the Commission.

Funding

The work of this report was funded by three awards from the Wellcome Collaborative Award in Science for Behaviour Change by Design: generating and implementing evidence to improve health for all (principle investigator: TMM, 206853/Z/17/Z); economic analysis of health impacts of carbon pricing on land-use (224028/Z/21/Z); and economic analysis of health impacts of carbon pricing on transport (224708/Z/21/Z).

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Rutter, H., Wabnitz, K., Nambiar, D., Garde, A., Benton, T. G., Heymann, D. L., Yates, R., Friel, S., Hollands, G. J., Cai, W., Chater, N., Bloom, D. E., Guinto, R. R., El Omrani, O., Wilsdon, J., Amuasi, J. H., Butler, C., Tlou, S., & Marteau, T. M. (2026). The Lancet Commission on improving population health post-COVID-19. The Lancet , 407(10525), 367-308. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(25)02061-6

Rutter, H, Wabnitz, K, Nambiar, D, Garde, A, Benton, TG, Heymann, DL, Yates, R, Friel, S, Hollands, GJ, Cai, W, Chater, N, Bloom, DE, Guinto, RR, El Omrani, O, Wilsdon, J, Amuasi, JH, Butler, C, Tlou, S & Marteau, TM 2026, 'The Lancet Commission on improving population health post-COVID-19', The Lancet , vol. 407, no. 10525, pp. 367-308. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(25)02061-6

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