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Fear of being infected with COVID-19 virus leads to the reluctance to access immunization services. The disruption, even for short periods of time, results in more unimmunized people and increases…

The Coordinator of the Expanded Immunization Program (EPI) – Head of Immunization Division, Senegal Ministry of Health, Dr. Ousseynou BADIANE, has recently shared a testimony on the fruitful collaboration with…

In the context of industry 4.0 and the COVID-19 epidemic, digital solutions have become popular and highly applicable. Below is an analysis of the electronic logistics management information system (eLMIS)…

Migration for long-term care (LTC) in Asia has increasingly gained attention due to rapidly aging populations and the ensuant increase in demand for care. COVID-19 has had a unique impact…

Long-term care workers have, in many countries, become the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Asian region is no different. As the region grapples with an increasingly aging population, the…

Serious games are increasingly used in professional learning in all fields, including public health. How does a serious game allow the continuous acquisition of knowledge? Below we discuss the main…

Each year, nearly 1.5 million children die due to infectious diseases that are vaccine preventable. One of the main reasons leading to this detrimental phenomenon is the dissemination of anti-vaccine ideolog on…

The health workforce is critical in scaling up health interventions to achieve universal health coverage and equity, especially in the present global health crisis. Attaining such a goal requires well-qualified,…

Public Health is constantly changing, with the pressing needs for improvement of disease control and eradication; research and development; access to information/knowledge; advocacy and health promotion; and advancement of biomedical…

In 2020, 23 million children missed out on essential vaccinations due to the epidemic, an increase of 3.7 million compared to 2019, according to WHO and UNICEF official data. This stark…