Public Health in Asia during the COVID-19 Pandemic Global Health Governance, Migrant Labour, and International Health Crises /

Every nation in Asia has dealt with COVID-19 differently and with varying levels of success in the absence of clear and effective leadership from the WHO. As a result, the WHO's role in Asia as a global health organization is coming under increasing pressure. As its credibility is slowly being...

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Other authors / contributors: van der Veere, Anoma (Editor), Schneider, Florian (Editor), Lo, Catherine (Editor)
Imprint: [sine loco] : Amsterdam University Press, 2022.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
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Series:Health, medicine and science in Asia.
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Health, Medicine, and Science in Asia
  • Table of Contents
  • Introduction: COVID-19 and Asia
  • Part I. Health Policy in Asia and the Global Community
  • 1. Fighting for a Global Community in a Post-COVID World
  • 2. Countering Emerging Infectious Diseases and COVID-19
  • 3. The Outbreak of Infectious Disease and Trust in Government in Asian Countries
  • Part II. The Future of Global Health Governance in Asia
  • 4. China and the World Health Organization
  • 5. South Korea and the WHO during the COVID-19 Crisis
  • 6. Escaping the 'Realist Trap'
  • 7. From Pneumonia to Pragmatism
  • Part III. Domestic Responses to COVID-19 in a Globalized Asia
  • 8. The COVID-19 Pandemic
  • 9. The Coordination of COVID-19 Responses in Malaysia
  • 10. Analysis of South Korea's Experience with the COVID-19 Pandemic and its Relations with the WHO
  • 11. State-Society Relations as Cooperative Partnership and the COVID-19 Response in Vietnam
  • Part IV. The Global Economy and Transnational Migrant Labour in Asia during COVID-19
  • 12. The Coronavirus as the 'Final Straw' of the CCP's Performative Legitimacy?
  • 13. Health Governance during the COVID-19 Pandemic
  • 14. Public Health and Capitalism in Japan
  • 15. Indonesia's Response to Global Recommendations on Labour