Overview
- Is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access
- Provides a global perspective on the health, economic, political, and educational dimensions of the COVID-19 pandemic
- Presents timely coverage of the second wave of the COVID-19 outbreak
- Discusses the role of social media platforms in the pandemic
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About this book
This open access book discusses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on various aspects of life on a global scale. It analyzes the challenges in the healthcare system during the second wave of COVID-19, such as overstressed human resources in tertiary facilities, lack of trained healthcare workers, and inadequate infrastructure at secondary-level facilities. The book shows that there has been more disruption in low- and middle-income countries than in high-income countries. It presents how the pandemic drove economies into recession and offers a roadmap to advance equality of access to and sustainability of resources. It studies the impact of prolonged lockdowns, which resulted in emotional and mental unrest. It provides a global perspective on the role of the media, including social media, during the pandemic. The authors discuss the unprecedented rise in suicides and the impact of the pandemic on vulnerable groups, such as asylum seekers and adolescents. In addition, contributing authors cover country experiences with COVID-19 in the UK, Taiwan, Ethiopia, Iran, India, and Brazil. The book's multidisciplinary approach makes it an interesting read for academics, policymakers, program implementers, and researchers in sociology, media studies, and medical experts.
Keywords
Table of contents (26 chapters)
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Health System Response
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Politics, Economics, and Education
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Media and Communications
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Ash Pachauri, Ph.D., in behavioral science and public health expert, is a technical advisor and a guideline development group member, WHO, Geneva, was awarded the exclusive Overseas Research Scholarship by the Secretary of State for Education and Science, UK; awarded a full scholarship for a Sexual Health Education Program by San Francisco State University; and honored with “Portraits of Commitment” leadership title by the United Nations, contributed to 6 books, and authored over 35 conference papers and publications.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Global Perspectives of COVID-19 Pandemic on Health, Education, and Role of Media
Editors: Saroj Pachauri, Ash Pachauri
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-1106-6
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-99-1105-9Published: 15 August 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-99-1108-0Published: 15 August 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-981-99-1106-6Published: 14 August 2023
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 550
Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations, 98 illustrations in colour
Topics: Sociology, general, Clinical Psychology