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On January 30, 2020, the WHO declared the epidemic of COVID-19 a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). We bring you coverage of the evolving epidemic from a range of public health perspectives. Your hosts are Clarence Tam and Jane Lim from the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore.

24/04/2020

COVID-19 in the media

In this episode, we spoke with Sui-Lee Wee from the New York Times Beijing Bureau. She talked to us about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected her personally, and what it’s been like to cover the COVID-19 situation as a journalist. In the episode we refer to one of her stories, which follows two Chinese women who experienced very different fates from COVID-19. You can find the story here: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/03/13/world/asia/coronavirus-death-life.htmlThis episode was r...

20 min
13/04/2020

COVID-19 vs. Global Health

In this episode, Dr Aamir Khan from IRD Global talked to us about how the COVID-19 has affected global health programmes in low- and middle-income countries. He told us about some of the challenges faced by TB treatment programmes and how the COVID-19 situation is affecting health systems in Pakistan. Learn more about IRD Global at http://ird.global !This episode was recorded on 26th March 2020.

20 min
07/04/2020

Doctor's got you COVID

In this episode, Dr. Eve Anwar gave a primary care perspective on the COVID-19 epidemic. She talked to us about how primary care clinics in Singapore have been managing suspected COVID-19 patients and how the epidemic has affected practice in primary care.This episode was recorded on 4th March, 2020.

19 min
30/03/2020

Hong Kong

Prof Ben Cowling from the School of Public Health at Hong Kong University talked to us about the COVID-19 situation in Hong Kong, what some of the key uncertainties are about the pandemic, and the role of face masks and school closures as control measures. This episode was recorded on 18 March 2020.

19 min
25/03/2020

Where did COVID-19 come from and where is it going?

In this episode, Dr Hannah Clapham talks about what’s known of the origins of the epidemic, what we know about how the COVID-19 virus spreads, what we don’t know, and how this influences our predictions of how the epidemic will evolve. We also get a glimpse into how mathematical modellers study transmission in the early stages of an epidemic. This episode was recorded on 28th February, 2020.

21 min
23/03/2020

What the PHEIC?

On January 30, 2020 the WHO declared the COVID-19 epidemic a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). Prof David Heymann talked to us about what the PHEIC mechanism is, why it exists, why a PHEIC was declared and what the implications are. This episode was recorded on March 11, 2020.

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On January 30, 2020, the WHO declared the epidemic of COVID-19 a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). We bring you coverage of the evolving epidemic from a range of public health perspectives. Your hosts are Clarence Tam and Jane Lim from the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore.

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COVID-19 in the media

COVID-19 vs. Global Health

Doctor's got you COVID

Hong Kong

Where did COVID-19 come from and where is it going?

What the PHEIC?

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