This books comprises of 24 chapters by experts from developed and developing countries. The book cover Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, Fiji, France, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Papua New Guinea, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, the UK and England, USA, West Africa, and Zambia.
FOREWORD by David J. Hunter, Emeritus Professor, Newcastle University, the UK.
1.Introduction.- 2.Under Promise and Over-deliver:The failure of
political rhetoric in managing COVID-19 in Australia.-
3. COVID-19 and
culture in Papua New Ginea.Failing to meet the challenges of diversity?.-
4.COVID-19 in Fiji: From health and economic to major political crisis.-
5.
COVID-19 Vaccination trends and peoples views and action in Japan.-
6.
Through the lens of systems thinking:Analyzing the breakdown of a successful
COVID-19 mitigation model in Taiwan.- 7.Lessons from COVID-19 vaccine rollout
in Hong Kong and South Korea.- 8.Distribution and allocation of vaccines
against COVID-19 and vaccination communication in Thailand.-
9. Resurgence of
COVID-19 in Indonesia:Response to the critical second wave of pandemic.-
10.Coronavirus disease(COVID-19) and vaccine epidemiology in Malaysia.-
11.COVID-19 in Bangladesh:A spatio-Temporal and Gender analysis..- 12.Crowded
out:The pandemics toll on non-COVID patients in India.-
13.COVID-19:Work,economic activity and its geo-spatiotemporal distribution in
South Africa.-
14. Analyzing the dual nature of responses to COVID-19 in
Lusaka city.- 15.COVID-19 patterns and waves in West Africa:A geographical
perspective.- 16.Current development and impact of COVID-19 pandemic in
Italy.-
17. The pandemic in France reveals the vulnerability of society.-
18.
Without risk? A sociological analysis of the vaccination programme in
England.-
19. COVID-19 in the United Kingdom: How a mixed welfare regime has
responded to the Pandemic..- 20.COVID-19 in Canada:Vaccination and the
effects of the pandemic on health care workers and healthcare systems.-
21.Geographic patterns of COVID-19 vaccination,infection and mortality in the
United States during year-two of the pandemic and the influence of political
orientation.- 22.COVID-19 vaccine hesitation in young adults and mitigation
policies in the United States.-
23. Vaccination in Mexico as a political
strategy.-
24. Collateral effects of COVID-19 pandemic on health services in
Argentina.-
25. COVID-19 in Brazil: The experience of collecting citizen data
in the city of Rio de Janeiro.- 26.Conclusion and Suggestions.
Prof. Rais Akhtar is Adjunct Faculty and CO-P.I. on the Department of Science and Technology (Government of India) Project on climate change and health, at the International Institute of Health Management and Research, New Delhi.
He has published more than 18 books and numerous articles on medical geography and climate change and health. Prof. Akhtar delivered lectures at a number of medical institutes including the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, and the Institute of Public Health, University of Pisa.
He has also received numerous international fellowships, including Leverhulme and Henry Chapman fellowships of the University of Liverpool and the University of London, respectively, and the Visiting Professor, University of Paris, Nanterre. Prof. Rais Akhtar was elected Fellow of Royal Geographical Society, London, and Royal Academy of Overseas Sciences, Brussels. Prof. Akhtar was the Lead Author of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Prof. Akhtar received Nobel Prize Memento after IPCC shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore in 2007.
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