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Vivien Kinyi Chan
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Epidemiologist x Health Economist x Senior Editor at The Lancet Regional Health Western Pacific 🇦🇺🇭🇰 Views my own
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March issue is live!🙌

Featuring changes in #TB pattern in #China, mobile serological tests for #malaria in #Cambodia, #COVID response in #NewZealand & more!

🖋️Editorial: #Cognitive and #socioemotional growth of youth in the digital era

🎨Cover: Hui Zhang, Shuowen Xu & Bin Cao
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April 1, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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Our February issue is live!🙌

Featuring #iGAS infections in Australia, Hong Kong #Genome Project, #Thalassemia Registry in Singapore, new #ML tool to guide cervical cancer screening & more!

🖋️Editorial: When #bushfires become the "new normal"

🎨Cover: Ms Desiree Tse from HKGI
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February 28, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Importance for nature-based solutions for climate resilience and modern health🌿💪🏼
Urban #greenspace is associated with positive benefits on mental health, and acute & chronic diseases.

In #China, a study mapping 390 cities shows an increase in vegetation index in the past 2 decades, which may have averted >37,000 deaths per year🌏💚 #UrbanHealth

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February 24, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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Treatment #access 💊 remains an issue for small island countries due to geographic remoteness and strained systems.

Essential medicines were available in only 57-59% outlets in #LMICs in the #SouthPacific - much lower than 80% as recommended by the WHO.

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February 21, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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We're now on Bluesky!🙌 Check out our January issue ➡️ tinyurl.com/9wh6r8rj

Featuring research on patterns of infectious diseases in China & Vietnam, Australia's "No Jab, No Pay" policy, mental healthcare in Singapore, plus much more!
February 19, 2025 at 12:41 AM