After previous public health emergencies likes SARS and H1N1, there was renewed investment in pandemic preparedness, but it was not sustained. We cannot make the same mistake after COVID-19.
Academic rigor, journalistic flair
Articles on PHEIC
Displaying all articles
Progress in many areas of TB control stalled or reversed mainly because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the recent geo-political situations.
President Joe Biden’s intention to end the national COVID-19 emergency will have long-lasting ripple effects on federal programs such as Medicare, Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program.
By late July 2022, monkeypox was present in more than 70 countries with significant spread in certain communities. As a result, the World Health Organization began taking steps to fight the virus.
The monkeypox virus, which is commonly found in West and Central Africa, is now causing many infections in the U.S., Europe and Latin America.
The seriousness of an epidemic is a function of several factors, including the degree of contagiousness and potential for rapid spread.
It’s a huge cause for concern that, two years into the pandemic, the disparities and unequal power structures in global health are still intact.
The World Health Organization has said the coronavirus is not yet a pandemic. That raises a question: just what is a pandemic? An expert explains.
The World Health Organization declared the new coronavirus to be a public health emergency on Jan. 30, 2020. Does the action really change anything? An expert answers four questions.
Airport public health officials have got better at screening at ports of entry especially for international arrivals.
The Ebola outbreak in the DRC has been declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. What does this mean for the outbreak response?
Top contributors
-
William E. Cooper Distinguished University Chair, Professor of Health Studies, University of Richmond
-
Executive Director, African Population and Health Research Center
-
Principal Visiting Fellow & Former Deputy Director, International Institute for Global Health (UNU-IIGH), United Nations University
-
Dean and Professor of Public Health, The Ohio State University
-
Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
-
Professor in the faculty of Medicine, Mbarara University of Science and Technology
-
Executive Secretary, Nigerian Academy of Science
-
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
-
Professor of Public Health, University of Michigan
-
Senior Research Fellow, West African Institute for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens, University of Ghana
-
Associate Professor of Health Services Management, Policy and History, The Ohio State University
-
Professor and Canada Research Chair in Global Health Governance; Scientific Director, Pacific Institute on Pathogens, Pandemics and Society, Simon Fraser University
-
Research Fellow, Pacific Institute on Pathogens, Pandemics and Society, Simon Fraser University
-
Principal Researcher - Epidemiology, Wits-VIDA, University of the Witwatersrand
-
Extraordinary Senior Lecture in the Department of Global Health, Stellenbosch University
