Global Perspectives of COVID-19 Pandemic on Health, Education, and Role of Media.

• Author: Pachauri, Saroj.
• TeilnehmendeR: Pachauri, Ash.
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : Springer,, 2023.; ©2023.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (556 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- About the Editors -- Acronyms -- The Changing Face of COVID-19 -- Introduction -- The Initial Response -- Emergence of the COVID-19 Pandemic -- The Race to Develop a Vaccine -- New Variants and Changing Pandemic Dynamics -- Efficacy of Multiple Vaccines -- Virus Variants Continue -- Context of the Book -- Health Systems Response -- Addressing the Urgency and Magnitude of the COVID-19 Pandemic in India by Improving Healthcare Workforce Resilience -- Comprehensive Care Response and Systematic Management of COVID-19 in Querétaro, Mexico -- Bridge over Troubled Waters: Women-Led Community Response to Maternal and Child Health Services in India Amidst COVID-19 -- COVID-19: An Accelerant to a Sustainable Health System in Kenya -- Economics, Politics, and Education -- COVID-19 and the Economy: Constructing Roadmaps to An Inclusive Recovery -- Crafting Data-Driven Strategies to Understand the Amplification of Disease Spread due to Socio-economic Disparities -- The Long Shadow of COVID-19 -- COVID-19 Vaccination: A Necessitated Drive Becoming an Unsolved Puzzle -- Impact of COVID on Adolescents, Nodal Teachers, and Frontline Workers -- Impact of COVID on Our Digital Lives -- Media and Communications -- Unmasking Realities: Public Health Communication During India's COVID-19 Pandemic -- Social Media in the Time of a Pandemic -- Communications Strategies for Reaching Vulnerable Populations in the US for Building Trust, Vaccine Confidence, and Digital Connections -- Exploring a Vaccine for the Misinformation Virus in a Global Pandemic: Media Literacy, COVID, and Science Communication -- Vulnerable Populations -- Preventable Losses: Threatening Rise in Suicides During the Pandemic -- We Are Not all in the Same Boat: Refugees and Asylum Seekers in the Context of COVID-19.

Stigma Mechanisms in a Globalized Pandemic in India: A Theoretical Framework for Stigma -- The Social, Education, Health, and Economic Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Kenya's Adolescents -- Country Experiences -- The Public Health Response to COVID-19 in the UK: A View from the Frontline -- Social and Behavior Change Preparedness for COVID-19 Prevention: Evidence and Experience from Ethiopia -- COVID-19 in Mexico: How the Systems Approach Can Improve Our Response? -- Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Taiwan -- COVID-19 in Brazil: Overall impact and singularities -- Iran's Experience with the COVID-19 Pandemic: Focusing on Vulnerable Populations -- References -- Health System Response -- Addressing the Urgency and Magnitude of the COVID-19 Pandemic in India by Improving Healthcare Workforce Resilience -- Introduction -- Jhpiego's Innovative Response for Critical Care Management of COVID-19 Patients in India Through RISE Project -- Hub and Spoke Model -- Improving Vaccine Coverage -- Strengthening Oxygen Ecosystem -- Strengthening Competency and Resilience of Healthcare Workforce -- Enhancing Laboratory Capacity for COVID Testing -- Strengthening Biomedical Waste Management -- Building Cross-Sectoral Partnerships for Large-Scale Response -- A "Learning Laboratory" Approach: Model COVID-19 Care Clinics -- Outcome and Insights -- Way Forward: Toward Resilient Healthcare Systems -- References -- Comprehensive Care Response and Systematic Management of COVID-19 in Querétaro, Mexico -- Introduction -- Health Policies in Mexico and Querétaro -- Local Strategies to Respond to COVID-19 -- Detection Area -- Clinical Household Follow-Up Program -- Rehabilitation: Post-COVID-19 Program -- References -- Bridge Over Troubled Waters: Women-led Response to Maternal and Child Health Services in India Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic -- Introduction.

COVID-19 and Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health -- Global Context -- The Indian Context -- Community Health Workers' Support to the Health System's Efforts -- The Gendered Impacts of the Pandemic -- Women-led Initiatives to Enhance Maternal and Child Health Services: The 3R Response -- Decentralized and Integrated Ways to Generate COVID-19-Related Awareness at the Grassroot Level -- SHG and Their Federations in Disseminating MCH and Nutrition Messages in the Community -- Extending Support to Community Health Workers for Delivering Maternal and Reproductive Health Services -- Addressing Breastmilk Pleas: Women's Initiatives -- Conclusion -- References -- COVID-19: An Accelerant Toward a Sustainable Health System in Kenya -- The Beginning -- Evolution of the Pandemic -- Containment Measures -- Risk Communication, Health Promotion, and Public Education -- Disease Surveillance -- Public Health Cultural Tension -- Impact on Mental Health -- Impact on Availability of Medicines and Health Commodities -- Oxygen Woes -- Effect on Human Resources for Health -- Health Facility Preparedness -- Economic Impact -- Impact on Health Targets -- Contraception -- HIV -- Collective Action to Build Back Better -- Oxygen Supply -- Donor Support -- Going Forward -- References -- Politics, Economics, and Education -- COVID-19 and the Indian Economy: Constructing Roadmaps to an Inclusive Recovery -- Introduction -- Methodology -- Unearthing Realities-A Review of India's Macroeconomic Performance Since Liberalization -- Growth in GDP and Per Capita Income -- Sectoral Time Series Trends -- Growth Drivers of the Economy -- Impact on Employment -- Pre-COVID-19 Employment Structure -- Impact of COVID-19 -- Impact on Employed Persons by Gender and Area -- Impact on Employed Persons by Occupation Groups -- Impact on Employed Persons by Industry Groups.

Impact of COVID-19 on Incomes -- Poverty and Increasing Inequality -- Rising Poverty -- Growing Income Inequalities -- A Roadmap to Recovery: Key Principles to Ensure an Inclusive Agenda -- Promoting Balanced Growth and Attainment of Sustainable Development Growths (SDGs) Across States -- Facilitating Gender-Inclusive Economic Recovery -- Transitioning to a Green Economy -- Concluding Comments -- Appendix 1: List of Definitions -- Appendix 2: List of Tables and Figures -- References -- Crafting Data-Driven Strategies to Disentangle Socioeconomic Disparities from Disease Spread -- Introduction -- Where Can Data be Found? -- Disease Revalence Data -- Health Data -- Mobility Data -- Demographic Data -- Multivariate Methods -- Machine Learning -- Interpretability of Multivariate Methods -- An Early Insight into Disease Spread in the USA -- Understanding Causation -- Data in Developing Nations -- Data Ethics -- References -- The Long Shadow of COVID-19 -- Our Fate is Intertwined with that of Microbes -- How Bad is COVID-19? -- When will the Global Pandemic Finish? -- Best of Times and Worst of Times -- Toward Co-existence with the Coronavirus -- Tolerating Inequality -- Our Private Angst -- Our Muddled World -- Mood Swings -- Future Hopes and Dreams -- Damaged Values -- References -- COVID-19 Vaccination: A Necessitated Drive Becoming an Unsolved Puzzle -- Background -- Vaccination Rates of Countries -- Challenges -- Patents on COVID-19 Vaccines -- Falsified Vaccines -- Waning Immunity and Need for Booster Shots -- Vaccine Administration -- Scaling Up Vaccine Production and Distribution -- Surplus Doses -- Extra Doses -- Vaccine Wastage -- Vaccine Inequity -- Role of International Bodies -- Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations (GAVI) -- COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access Facility (COVAX) -- GAVI-COVAX-AMC.

Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) -- World Health Organization (WHO) -- Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) -- G7 Countries -- United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) -- Developing Countries Vaccine Manufacturing Network (DCVMN) -- The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMG) -- Key Factors to Strengthen Vaccine Programs -- Vaccine Acceptance -- Drivers of Vaccine Confidence -- New Technologies -- Vaccine Equity -- Learnings from Selected Countries -- United States of America -- India -- Bhutan -- Kenya -- Israel -- United Kingdom -- Japan -- South Africa -- Concluding Comments -- References -- The Impact of COVID-19 on Adolescents, Nodal Teachers, and Frontline Workers -- Introduction -- Access to Food and Essential Commodities -- School Closures, Disruptions in Education, and the Gendered Digital Divide -- Barriers in Health Service Delivery -- The Crushing Toll on Adolescent Mental Health -- Loss of Agency and Increased Vulnerability to Violence and Discrimination -- Support from Government Schemes -- Responses of Frontline Workers and Teachers -- Frontline Workers -- Teachers -- Recommendations -- Ensuring Access to Education -- Addressing Safety and Violence -- Access to Health Services -- Access to Peer Interactions -- Support for Mental Health Needs -- Conclusion -- References -- Impact of COVID on Our Digital Lives -- Introduction -- Elderly Population -- Women and Children -- Workforce -- Healthcare -- Service Industry -- The Silver Lining -- Metaverse: Future Digital Life -- Conclusions, Lessons Learnt: Looking Forward -- References -- Media and Communications -- Unmasking Realities: Public Health Communication in India During the COVID-19 Pandemic -- Introduction -- Self-Determination Theory -- Relatedness: The Importance of Feeling Connected to Others -- Community Engagement: Partnering for a Meaningful Response.

Building Trust: Increasing Actionability.