...-state system is brought to bear on controlling suspected carriers of virus, often with guidance or direction from provincial and national authorities and the help of public health professionals enlisted from other localities. Besides the role of epidemiologists in conducting contact tracing...

..., corruption in the delivery of economic support, and existing health inequalities. © 2022 by The Regents of the University of California 2022 COVID-19 pandemic Bangladesh governance social services public health inequality Although Bangladesh has faced political unrest, military coups...

... is needed. © 2022 by The Regents of the University of California 2022 aging public health pandemic COVID-19 global South Older people form the fastest growing section of the population in many parts of the global South, where longevity has rapidly increased over the past few decades...

... by The Regents of the University of California 2022 power governance surveillance big data public health COVID-19 pandemic There are many power relations: between and among states, corporations, organizations, institutions, and, of course, between and among peoples themselves. But power...

...Jeannie Sowers; Erika Weinthal The effects of conflict on public health and ecosystem well-being are understudied and rarely figure in public debates about war-making. Protracted conflicts are particularly damaging to people and environments in ways that are inadequately documented. In recent wars...

... international travel may pose a risk of spreading the coronavirus. The author also reflects on the challenges of tracking the situation from afar, in the midst of a global crisis, and critically assesses Western media coverage of African public health issues. Africa Sierra Leone COVID-19 pandemic Ebola...

... to a conclusion shared by other writers, from the ancient Greek historian Thucydides to analysts of the COVID-19 pandemic: politics is a root cause of deadly contagions. © 2021 by The Regents of the University of California 2021 public health literature plagues war COVID-19 pandemic Mary Shelley...

...Ana Santos Rutschman The scramble among nations for limited supplies of COVID-19 vaccines has drawn attention to long-standing inequities in public health between the global North and South. The COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access Facility (COVAX) is one of several initiatives to pool resources...

...Linda J. Cook; Judy Twigg The COVID-19 pandemic has tested the preparedness of Russia’s public health system to respond to a nationwide crisis, and the ability of its broader welfare state to cushion the population against the economic impacts. This essay puts these developments in the context...

... to prepare for an epidemic. And both states had introduced universal health care during their periods of democratization, shaping a consensus among citizens about equity, solidarity, and the role of government in protecting public health. Their strategies provide replicable and repeatable models. © 2020...

...Katherine A. Mason China faced the arrival of COVID-19 armed with new infrastructure, tools, and personnel that it had developed as part of a nationwide overhaul of its public health system in the wake of the 2003 SARS epidemic. The country learned two major lessons from SARS: it needed to increase...

... of the University of California 2020 ASEAN Southeast Asia COVID-19 pandemic public health The layered health and economic impacts of the pandemic underscore the growing complexity of the international security environment. The twin crises have exposed the fundamental flaws and weaknesses...