Chapter 6.1 Health EDRM research in the context of COVID-19
Chapter 6.1 describes the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and other concurrent emergencies on health emergency and disaster risk management (Health EDRM) research.
What is this chapter about?
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a drastic human toll, and the economic and social impacts of the pandemic continue to reverberate globally. There was a rapid rush to conduct research into the virus and the illness and considerable impact on the design, conduct, reporting and use of research into aspects of Health EDRM for managing other emergencies and disasters, including concurrent ones during the pandemic.
This chapter will help researchers using other chapters in this book to plan, conduct and communicate Health EDRM research in the context of COVID-19 and concurrent risks from all hazards, including epidemics and future pandemics. It outlines key challenges and lessons for Health EDRM research and includes five case studies of Health EDRM research in the context of COVID-19.
Case studies presented in the chapter
- Infodemic management: WHO’s special program to address false or misleading information in digital and physical environments during the pandemic
- Establishing an international and multidisciplinary research team to investigate risk information and negative psychological and behavioural consequences during
- Evidence syntheses and COVID-19.
- WHO Global Priorities for COVID-19 Research.
- Strategic risk assessment in Bangladesh.
Authors: Qudsia Huda, Mike Clarke, Virginia Murray, Emily Y.Y. Chan. Chi Shing Wong, Ankur Rakesh, and Ryoma Kayano
