COVID-19 in the Pacific Rim and Beyond

COVID-19 in the Pacific Rim and Beyond

Policies, Practices, and Perspectives from Public Health Ethics

• Policies (e.g., travel restrictions, mask implementation and lifting, vaccination rate, education, etc.)
• Practices (e.g., the spectrum of how much intervention was implemented, availability of vaccines, communication with the public, enforcement, vaccine rollout, etc.)
• Private sector initiatives vis-à-vis government programs
• Community-led interventions
• Views from the community, and influence of cultural aspects, among others.

As a general guideline, contributions start with a comprehensive account of how COVID-19 first entered the economy and how it spread over time. The papers then proceed with a normative analysis of these policies and practices, considering several elements of public health ethics, such as prevention, the common good, societal responsibility, government action, and collective effort, to name a few. Each chapter concludes by answering the question “what can be learned from these in preparing for future pandemics?”    Although there is no perfect policy or flawless practice, this work aims to learn from the experiences of these neighboring economies during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the goal of gathering information that may be useful for the next pandemic, particularly in terms of public health ethics.

• Policies (e.g., travel restrictions, mask implementation and lifting, vaccination rate, education, etc.)
• Practices (e.g., the spectrum of how much intervention was implemented, availability of vaccines, communication with the public, enforcement, vaccine rollout, etc.)
• Private sector initiatives vis-à-vis government programs
• Community-led interventions
• Views from the community, and influence of cultural aspects, among others.

As a general guideline, contributions start with a comprehensive account of how COVID-19 first entered the economy and how it spread over time. The papers then proceed with a normative analysis of these policies and practices, considering several elements of public health ethics, such as prevention, the common good, societal responsibility, government action, and collective effort, to name a few. Each chapter concludes by answering the question “what can be learned from these in preparing for future pandemics?”    Although there is no perfect policy or flawless practice, this work aims to learn from the experiences of these neighboring economies during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the goal of gathering information that may be useful for the next pandemic, particularly in terms of public health ethics.

Highlights

• Looks into the unique COVID-19 policies and practices of economies and territories Includes a special focus on the public health ethics perspective Covers different disciplines such as medicine, bioethics, law, public administration, and international relations

Über den Autor

Leander Penaso Marquez is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy of Education and Values Education at the College of Education, University of the Philippines Diliman. He currently holds graduate degrees in Philosophy, Education, and Health Research Ethics. He has published several articles in local and international journals as well as presented some of his research papers in various conferences. Leander sits as Co-chair of the Working Group on Bioethics of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) Global Health Program. He is also serving as Junior Ambassador to the Philippines for the Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN). Leander is also a member of international organizations such as the International Association for Education in Ethics (IAEE) and the Southeast Asia Bioethics Network (SEABioN) as well as national organizations such as the Philosophical Inquiry in Schools Initiative Philippines, Inc. (ISIP Pinas) and the Philosophy and Values Education Society, Inc. (PAVESOC, Inc.). His research interests include Ethics, Bioethics, Epistemology, Philosophy for Children, Philosophy of Education, Values Education, Philosophy and Popular Culture, and Education Policy.   King Lau Chow  is a Professor of Life Science, Chemical & Biological Engineering and Public Policy. He served as the Academic Director of Common Core Program, the Director of Interdisciplinary Programs Office overseeing Environment and Sustainability, Public Policy, Risk Management, Technology Management and various innovation programs at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He heads the Dean of Students Office supporting various student-oriented schemes beyond academic issues. While his research focuses on genetics, development, evolution and synthetic biology, he engages in various teaching pedagogy initiatives and curricular development projects, spearheads liberal arts and interdisciplinary education at the juncture cutting across science, engineering, social science and humanity on all levels. He was the inaugural School of Science Teaching Award winner and was awarded the Michael G. Gale Medal of distinguished teaching at HKUST. King serves as a member of the Advisory Group of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) Global Health Program and in the Global Future Council of Generative Biology, the World Economic Forum.   Alexander Atrio Lim Lopez is currently pursuing his Juris Doctor degree at the Ateneo de Manila University School of Law. Prior to entering law school, he was a philosophy instructor at the University of the Philippines Diliman. He has published in bioethics, philosophy and video games, and philosophy for children. He earned his MA Philosophy degree from UP Diliman where he also graduated with a BA Philosophy degree as summa cum laude and valedictory speaker. His first degree is BS Basic Medical Sciences from UP Manila. Alex currently serves as Co-Chair of the Working Group on Bioethics of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) Global Health Program. He is also a board member of the Philosophical Inquiry in Schools Initiative Philippines, Inc. (ISIP Pinas).