Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreaks, Vaccination, Politics and Society : The Continuing Challenge

• Autore: Akhtar Rais
• Pubblicazione: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2022; ©2022
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (436 pages)
• Disciplina: 614.592414; 614.5924144
• Soggetto non controllato: Public Health; Medical
• Persona (resp. second.): AkhtarRais
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- About the Editor -- Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreaks, Vaccination, Politics and Society: The Continuing Challenge -- Introduction -- Global Perspectives on COVID-19 Pandemics Scenario -- COVID-19 Scenario 2021-2022 -- When COVID-19 Ends: Focus on Selected Regions -- USA -- East Asian Region -- Resurgence in Hong Kong -- Japan -- Australia -- England -- European Countries -- Canada -- South Africa -- Indonesia -- Malaysia -- Bangladesh -- Latin America and the Caribbean Nations: COVID-19 in the 2022 -- The Cost of an Unequal World -- Omicron-From Pandemic to Endemic -- The Book Throws Light on the Following Aspects in Both Developed and Developing Countries -- COVID-19 versus Non-COVID-19 Diseases -- Conclusion -- References -- Australasia -- Underpromise and Overdeliver: The Failure of Political Rhetoric in Managing COVID-19 in Australia -- Introduction -- A Public-Private Federation -- The Outsourcing of the Public -- Let It Rip -- References -- COVID-19 and Culture in Papua New Guinea. Failing to Meet the Challenges of Diversity? -- Introduction -- COVID-19 Arrives in Melanesia -- The Complexities of Culture -- Threats to Livelihoods -- No Niupela Pasin -- References -- COVID-19 in Fiji-From Health and Economic to Major Political Crisis -- Introduction -- Fiji's Second Wave-A Severe Health Disaster -- Vaccination Campaign in Fiji as Major COVID-19 Containment Strategy -- No Jab-No Job Policy from the Perspective of Human Rights -- Economic Challenges of COVID-19-Second Wave -- Political Enmeshment and COVID-19 -- Conclusion -- References -- COVID-19 Vaccination Trends and Public Views and Responses in Japan -- Introduction -- Trends in Infectious Cases and the Response in Japan -- The Japanese government's Vaccination Policy. ; Vaccination Influence and Hidden Causal Effects in Japan -- People's Perceptions of and Behaviours During the Pandemic and to the COVID-19 Vaccination -- Factor X: Convergence Factors on COVID-19 Cases -- Discussion -- References -- Analysis of 2021 COVID-19 Outbreak and Vaccination in Taiwan Using a Causal Loop Diagram Approach -- Introduction -- Methods -- Data Source and Synthesis -- Causal Loop Diagramming -- The Outbreak of COVID-19 in Taiwan During 2021 -- Time Course of the COVID-19 Outbreak -- Spatial Distribution Characteristics -- The COVID-19 Outbreak Onset -- Outbreak and Immunization Through Causal Loop Diagram -- Outbreak Prevention Loop (B1) -- Outbreak Response Loop (B2) -- Vaccine Hesitancy -- Vaccine Supply -- Outbreak Loop (R1) -- Morbidity and Mortality -- Medical Care Systems and Resources -- Conclusion -- References -- Lessons from COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout in Hong Kong and South Korea -- Introduction -- COVID-19 Vaccination in Hong Kong and South Korea -- Vaccine Rollout in Hong Kong -- Vaccine Rollout in South Korea -- Latest Updates on COVID-19 Vaccination -- Lessons from the Vaccine Rollout in Hong Kong and South Korea -- HK: Strict Interventions with Few Incentives -- South Korea: From a Late Start to a Highest Vaccination Rate -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Distribution and Allocation of Vaccines Against COVID-19 and Vaccination Communication in Thailand -- Introduction -- Methods -- Impacts of Thailand's Third COVID-19 Wave -- Trends in COVID-19 Cases -- Total COVID-19 Cases Per 1000 Population by Province -- COVID-19 Death Trends -- Impact of COVID-19 on Other Diseases and Health Services -- Dengue -- Sexually Transmitted Infections and HIV Services -- COVID-19 Vaccine -- COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation -- COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution -- COVID-19 Vaccination Communication -- Conclusion -- References. ; Resurgence COVID-19 in Indonesia: Response to the Critical Waves of Pandemic -- Current Situation of COVID-19 in Indonesia -- Social and Cultural Impacts -- Indonesia Response and Challenges -- Vaccination Program (Progress and Distribution) -- Indonesia Strategy to Enter the Endemic Stage COVID-19 -- References -- The Coronavirus Disease and Vaccine Epidemiology in Malaysia -- Introduction -- COVID-19 Scenario and Prevalence in Malaysia -- General Impact of COVID-19 in Malaysia -- COVID-19 Coping Mechanisms in Malaysia: Prevention and Control Measures -- COVID-19 Vaccination Programme in Malaysia -- Current Vaccine Coverage and Its Efficacy in Malaysia -- A State of Art of COVID-19 Vaccination Programme (Program Imunisasi COVID-19 Kebangsaan-PICK) in Malaysia -- COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Barriers in Malaysia -- Recommendations for COVID-19 Immunization Programme in Malaysia -- Enhancement of COVID-19 Vaccine Literacy Among the Malaysians -- Social Innovation and Community Responses to COVID-19 Behaviour Change -- Conclusion -- References -- COVID-19 in Bangladesh: A Spatio-temporal and Gender Analysis -- Introduction -- Aims and Objectives -- Data and Methodology -- Spatio-temporal Aspects of COVID-19 Cases -- Gender Aspect of COVID-19 -- Distribution of COVID-19 Vaccination -- COVID-19 Situation in Bangladesh in Respect to South Asian Countries -- COVID-19 Management in Bangladesh and Infodemic -- Summary and Conclusion -- References -- Crowded Out: The Pandemic's Toll on Non-COVID Patients in India -- Introduction -- The Indian Experience -- Impact During the First Wave -- Impact During the Second Wave -- Impact During the Current Wave -- Global Experiences -- Conclusion-Lessons for Health Systems -- References -- Africa -- COVID-19: Work, Economic Activity and the Spatiotemporal Distribution of Infection in South Africa -- Introduction. ; COVID-19: The South African Context -- Materials and Methods -- Research Setting -- Data Sources -- Measures -- Statistical Data Analysis and Procedures -- Results -- Discussion -- Strengths and Limitations of the Study -- Policy Implications -- References -- Analysing the Dual Nature of Responses to COVID-19 in Lusaka City -- Introduction -- Theoretical Framing -- The Zambian Situation -- Responses to COVID-19 -- Vaccine Hesitancy -- COVID-19 and the City, Exposing Duality in Daily Life -- COVID-19 and the Retail Sector -- COVID-19 and Employment in the City -- COVID-19 and Mobility in the City -- COVID-19 and the Future of Urban Development -- Conclusion -- References -- COVID-19 Patterns and Waves in West Africa: A Geographical Perspective -- Introduction -- Conceptual Clarifications -- Pattern of COVID-19 in West Africa -- Explanatory Factors -- COVID-19 Vaccinations and Protocols in West Africa -- Nigeria: The Epicenter in the Sub-Region -- COVID-19 Vaccination Situation in Nigeria -- Conclusion -- References -- Europe -- Current Development and Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic in Italy -- Introduction -- National Epidemiological Situation Updated on 13 January 2021 -- The National Epidemiological Situation Updated on the End of January 2022 -- The Sustainability of Health Facilities -- The Socio-Economic Consequences of the Pandemic -- Conclusion -- References -- The Pandemic in France Reveals the Vulnerability of Society -- A 2020-2021: Two Years Driven by the Virus, Master of the Clocks -- I Table of the Course of the Epidemic -- The 6 Waves of the Pandemic -- II These Different Waves Have Different Characteristics -- The Second and Third Waves -- A Better Understanding of the Virus and the Disease -- More Flexible Forms of Lockdown in the Second and Third Waves -- The End of the EPHAD (Nursing Home) Drama -- The Vaccine Strategy Implemented. ; The Fourth Wave -- The Fifth Wave -- The Sixth Wave -- Who Are the People Called "Anti-vax" or Refuseniks? -- B What Lessons Can Be Drawn in Order to Live with the Virus? -- Health at the Heart of Public Policy and the Environment at the Heart of Health Policy -- I How Has the Virus Transformed the Economy? -- Government Goes into Debt to Save Businesses and the Economy -- Has the Economic Recovery Increased Inequalities? -- II The Fear of Hospital Saturation Has Driven the Management of the Pandemic -- This Crisis Highlighted the Inorganization of the Health System -- The Pandemic Provided an Opportunity to Take a Critical Look at the Centralization of the French Health System -- III The Pandemic Provides an Opportunity to Reflect on the Link Between Science and Politics -- The Scientific Council -- The Fear of Bio-power -- IV Environmental Health and the Virus -- One Health -- Conclusion -- References -- Without Risk: A Social Analysis of the Vaccination Programme in England -- Introduction -- Vaccine Development and Supply -- Regulating COVID-19 Vaccines -- Prioritisation Order -- Vaccine Nationalism -- Vaccine Coverage -- Discussion -- References -- COVID-19 in the United Kingdom: How a Mixed Welfare Regime Has Responded to the Pandemic -- The UK in Global Context -- Deaths from COVID-19 -- The UK as a Welfare Regime -- COVID-19 and the 'Fractured Society' -- COVID-19 and Socio-economic Status -- COVID-19 and Ethnicity -- COVID-19, Ageism and Disablism -- Children and Young People -- Gender Dimensions -- Conclusion -- References -- Americas -- COVID-19 in Canada, Vaccination, and the Effects of the Pandemic on Healthcare Workers and the Healthcare System -- Overview of COVID-19 in Canada -- Vaccination -- Hospital Service and Treatment of Non-COVID-19 Conditions -- Surgeries and Procedures -- Admissions and Occupancy. ; Pandemic Impacts on Healthcare Workers.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreaks, Vaccination, Politics and Society
• ISBN: 9783031094323; 9783031094316
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910616359403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II