ReviewThe Lancet regional health. Western Pacific2022
The impact of COVID-19 on public health systems in the Pacific Island Countries and Territories.
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- The Epidemiology of Malignant Melanoma during the First Two Years of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
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- Changes in proportions of Cesarean section before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan.The journal of obstetrics and gynaecology research · 2025Observational
- Evaluating geographic accessibility to COVID-19 vaccination across 54 countries/regions.BMJ global health · 2025Article
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- Impact of Covid-19 control strategies on health and GDP growth outcomes in 193 sovereign jurisdictions.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
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- Roles and experiences of nurses in primary health care during the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review.BMC nursing · 2024Article
- Baseline evaluation of the World Health Organization (WHO) infection prevention and control (IPC) core components in Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs).Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2024Article
- Molecular and clinical epidemiology of carbapenem resistantThe Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2024Article
- A seroprevalence study of SARS-CoV-2 and seasonal coronaviruses after the first SARS-CoV-2 circulation in New Caledonia, Pacific region.IJID regions · 2024Article
- A Retrospective Observational Study of COVID-19 Mortality at a Referral Hospital in Fiji.Asia-Pacific journal of public health · 2024Observational
- Understanding how neglected tropical diseases programs in five Asia-Pacific countries adjusted to the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Article
- Successful introgression of wMel Wolbachia into Aedes aegypti populations in Fiji, Vanuatu and Kiribati.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Article
- Impact of vaccinations, boosters and lockdowns on COVID-19 waves in French Polynesia.Nature communications · 2023Article
- Evaluating the strategies to control SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant spread in New Caledonia, a zero-COVID country until September 2021.IJID regions · 2023Article
- Multimodal learning for emergency department triage implementation: experiences from Papua New Guinea during the COVID-19 pandemic.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2023Article
- Improving maternal and newborn health and reducing stillbirths in the Western Pacific Region - current situation and the way forward.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2023Review
- Health and economic benefits of achieving contraceptive and maternal health targets in Small Island Developing States in the Pacific and Caribbean.BMJ global health · 2023Article
- Assessing healthcare capacity crisis preparedness: development of an evaluation tool by a Canadian health authority.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
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6 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.
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Abstract
The Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs) have experienced the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in different ways and with different timelines, with some experiencing large outbreaks leading to high levels of morbidity and mortality with significant strain on health systems, while others have had no local transmission or delayed transmission until after vaccine rollouts started. Regardless of COVID-19 trends, the pandemic has had a large impact on the social, political, and economic landscape in the Pacific, the effects of which are still being understood. However, the pandemic has also put renewed focus and investment into public health systems and provided an opportunity for the PICTs to build on existing systems and recent capacity strengthening to improve public health in the Region. Funding: Leila Bell was supported by an Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarship. Other funding sources had no role in paper design, data collection, data analysis, interpretation, or writing of the paper.
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