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Global Network for Academic Public Health statement on the Beirut explosion

16 August 2020 by Victor Hoe

Credit: Satellite image ©2020 Maxar Technologies The public health community expresses our deep concern and solidarity with the people of Lebanon, following the appalling explosion in Beirut of August 4th, 2020. The work of public health professionals is to protect and improve the populations’ health. The current disaster highlights multiple

Teaching in Virtual Environments

10 August 2020 by Victor Hoe

The Asia-Pacific Rim Universities Programme at the University of Southern California in collaboration with the Global STEM Education Program at the University of Oregon will be organising a three-part series on “Teaching in Virtual Environments”. First Session: Creative Ideas for Online and Remote Assessment Date & Time:August 27 at 6 pm

APJPH: Editor’s Blog – COVID-19, Malaria and Artemisinin

10 August 20209 August 2020 by Victor Hoe

The COVID-19 pandemic is having a massive impact on health and nutrition. There have now been several reports of delays to routine child vaccination programs as a result of travel and contact restrictions due to the pandemic. The effect of these delays may not be immediately obvious as children are

APJPH Editor’s Blog 19 July 2020: A COVID vaccine trial

10 August 202019 July 2020 by Victor Hoe

Corona virus continues its relentless march around the world. As of last night, there have been 14.3 million cases and 602,000 deaths from COVID-19. WHO is currently registering more than 260000 new cases every day. These figures are likely to be a considerable underestimate of the true number. The COVID-19

Global Network for Academic Public Health statement on the World Health Organization’s response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

16 July 2020 by Victor Hoe

In the present global context, where there are widespread inequities in health and healthcare between and within countries, and public health systems frequently deprived of resources, a pandemic caused by a respiratory pathogen capable of human transmission was always going to have disastrous consequences. The World Health Organization (WHO) has

APJPH Editors Blog: World Daily Deaths

13 July 2020 by Victor Hoe

The virus continues on its unrelenting course throughout the world. With no vaccine likely to become available in the near future, public health measures are all that we have to fight it. Premature relaxation of public health standards has resulted in renewed outbreaks. The alternative is to allow the spread

APJPH Editor’s Blog: Herd immunity for COVID-19 is not achievable

13 July 20207 July 2020 by Victor Hoe

The COVID-19 pandemic continues its rampage throughout the world with 11.4 million cases and 540,000 deaths. The WHO estimates that 4.5% of confirmed cases will die and approximately 20% will require oxygen supplementation for low PaO2. Herd immunity. When a high proportion of a population are immune to a disease

Editors Blog – from APJPH: At last a major win for public health against big tobacco

13 July 202017 June 2020 by Victor Hoe

Tobacco is the largest single modifiable risk factor for chronic disease, killing almost 50% of those who become addicted to it. There are 1.2 billion smokers in the world and some of the worst affected countries are in Asia. Efforts to discourage and restrict marketing have proved effective in reducing

APACPH International Webinar 2.0 on COVID-19 pandemic – Developing and Accomplishing COVID-19 Exit Strategy Plan

17 June 202016 June 2020 by Victor Hoe

The Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health has successfully organised the “APACPH International Webinar 2.0 on COVID-19 pandemic – Developing and Accomplishing COVID-19 Exit Strategy Plan” on the 16th June 2020. There were more than 500 participants from Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, Canada, China, Gambia, India, Indonesia, India, Japan,

Editors Blog – from APJPH: Getting tired of COVID-19 restrictions? It really works. New evidence emerges

13 July 20209 June 2020 by Victor Hoe

The classic public health response to an epidemic of a highly infectious disease that we teach in our Schools of Public Health is to: Develop a Case Definition. Since COVID19 symptoms overlap with other viral infections, e.g. upper respiratory tract infection, influenza. While ‘clinical suspicion’ is useful, it must be

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