Tags : Public Health Governance

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COVID-19, City Lockdowns, and Air Pollution: Evidence from China
The rapid spread of COVID-19 is a global public health challenge. To prevent the escalation of its transmission, China locked down one-third of its cities and strictly restricted personal mobility and economic activities. Using timely and comprehensive air quality data in China, we show that these counter-COVID-19 ...
https://iems.ust.hk/publications/thought-leadership-briefs/guojun-he-covid-19-china-city-lockdown-air-pollution-tlb41
Herd immunity and a vaccination game: An experimental study
Would the affected communities voluntarily obtain herd immunity if a cure for COVID-19 was available? Wooyoung Lim (HKUST) and Pengfei Zhang (Cornell) experimentally investigate people’s vaccination choices in the context of a nonlinear public good game. A “vaccination game” is defined in ...
https://iems.ust.hk/research/project/2020/lim-zhang-herd-immunity-and-a-vaccination-game-an-experimental-study
Why some countries wear face masks and others don’t, explains Low
Why some people embrace masks while others shun them is not just about government directives and medical advice - it's also about culture and history. In some parts of Asia, everyone wears a mask by default - it is seen as safer and more considerate. Donald Low, professor of practice in public policy and Director ...
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Low urges Singaporeans to embrace diversity as lessons from COVID-19
Much has been written about how Singapore has become the world’s cautionary tale, and how the “gold standard” of how to tackle the crisis has lost its shine due to a steep rise in coronavirus cases among the country’s foreign workers. Commenting on this, Donald Low, professor of Public Policy ...
https://iems.ust.hk/updates/media-coverage/2020/low-urges-singaporeans-to-embrace-diversity-lessons-from-pandemics-the-independent
Blockchain to revolutionize post-pandemic shipping industry, suggests Huang
Allen HUANG, associate professor of accounting at the HKUST and IEMS Faculty Associate, believes that the global shipping industry will need a revolutional increase in efficiency after the pandemic subsides, and the blockchain technology will be the key to such a transformation.   Citing the example of ...
https://iems.ust.hk/updates/media-coverage/2020/huang-blockchain-improve-efficiency-shipping-industry-hket
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