Devi Sridhar is Professor and Chair of Global Public Health at the University of Edinburgh. She has served as a policy advisor for the WHO, UNICEF, UNESCO and the Scottish, UK and German governments. Devi writes for the Guardian and regularly appears on broadcast media. This is her first book for a general readership.
Contributions such as Devi's will be the building blocks of the learning we need, as a global community, to create the awareness required for the healthier and safer world all people deserve -- Dr Tedros, Director-General of the World Health Organization The sensational story of how a disaster was turned into a catastrophe, with the clarity, precision and humanity that you would expect from one of the most important voices of reason of the COVID era. A brutally compelling reminder that if voices like Devi's had been listened to, so many more could have lived -- Owen Jones One of the most brilliant scientists in the world who has been proven consistently right in this crisis -- Piers Morgan Excellent . . . Fair, clear and compelling. And like all of Devi's contributions over the course of the pandemic, very accessible -- Nicola Sturgeon Brilliant. I read it like a thriller that I had lived through, a fascinating, detailed and personal account of the pandemic that takes you behind and beyond the headlines. I suspect it will be the most readable account of all the analyses that will follow -- Chris van Tulleken Those who have found Professor Devi Sridhar's expertise and calm advice invaluable since the arrival of Covid-19 will be glad to know that she has written Preventable -- Rachel Cooke * Guardian, 'Nonfiction to look out for in 2022' * Devi Sridhar, professor of global public health at Edinburgh university, examines how the pandemic changed the world and how we might stop the next one happening * Financial Times, 'The books to read in 2022' * Devi is a public health expert with deep knowledge and expertise in the field. She has a unique ability to translate complex public health challenges, research and recommendations into language experts and non-experts alike can understand. I always read and listen to what she has to say and I hope you will too * Chelsea Clinton * Devi has a deep understanding of the science of public health crises, analytic skills that permit her to recommend sound evidence-based policies, and a remarkable ability to clearly articulate her ideas. To read Devi's writing on global health is to learn a how we have gotten where we are, and what we can do about it moving forward. * Professor David Heymann *