Global Health Governance, Migrant Labour, and International Health Crises Anoma van der Veere (Edited by), Florian Schneider (Edited by), Catherine Lo (Edited by), et al. In collaboration with Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) and the IAFOR Research Centre at OSIPP (IRC), the LeidenAsiaCentre is conducting a research that examines how global health governance and international labour…
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From Pneumonia to Pragmatism: The Role of the WHO in Japan During Public Health Emergencies
This book chapter examines the role of the World Health Organization (WHO) in the formulation of Japan’s responses to the SARS, MERS, and COVID-19 public health crises. During these crises, the WHO was used as a neutral and scientific source of information, and thus managed to influence Japan’s responses. However, trust in the organization has…
Introduction to Public Health in Asia during the COVID-19 Pandemic: COVID-19 and Asia
In late 2019, the world watched closely as cases of an unknown virus causing pneumonia started spreading through Wuhan province in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Gradually, more cases were being reported, and on Saturday 11 January 2020 Chinese state media announced the first fatality (Qin and Hernández 2020). While the virus, now more…