Health management during COVID-19 pandemic-contribution of women health informaticians, medical physicists and veterinarians from Bangladesh and Malaysia during the world crisis

Chai Hong Yeong; Hasin Anupama Azhari; Sharmin Parveen; Nasrin Sultana Juyena; Nasreen Nahar; Md Aminul Islam; Sunil Mysore Kempegowda; Nupur Karmaker; Tabassum Mumtaz; Magdalena Stoeva

doi:10.1007/s12553-021-00588-w

Health management during COVID-19 pandemic-contribution of women health informaticians, medical physicists and veterinarians from Bangladesh and Malaysia during the world crisis

Health Technol (Berl). 2021;11(5):1149-1163. doi: 10.1007/s12553-021-00588-w. Epub 2021 Aug 29.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Health and Medical Science, School of Medicine, Taylor's University, 47500 Subang Jaya, Malaysia.
² Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering (MPBME), Gono Bishwabidyalay (University), Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
³ South Asia Centre for Medical Physics and Cancer Research, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
⁴ Department of Health Informatics, Bangladesh University of Health Sciences, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
⁵ Department of Surgery and Obstetrics, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh.
⁶ Department of Reproductive and Child Health, Bangladesh University of Health Sciences, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
⁷ CloudTechInfo Pty Ltd, 608 Harris St, Ultimo, Sydney, New South Wales, 2007 Australia.
⁸ Institute of Food and Radiation Biology, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Dhaka, 1207 Bangladesh.
⁹ Medical Imaging Department, Medical University, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.

Abstract

This article aims to highlight some of the contributions from Bangladeshi and Malaysian women scientists in the fields of health informatics, medical physics and biomedical engineering, and veterinary science in combating the COVID-19 world crisis. The status of COVID-19 situations in Bangladesh and Malaysia in respect to global scenario, some relevant government policies, lessons learnt from previous pandemics, socio-economic impacts of COVID-19, the impact on healthcare system and health management approaches taken by individual/institutional research group led by women scientists during the COVID-19 pandemic have been discussed and demonstrated in this article. These promising activities and initiatives will eventually motivate other women in science and extend their roles from laboratory to society in more aspects.

Keywords: Biomedical engineering; COVID-19; Contribution; Health informatics; Health management; Medical physics; Veterinary; Women scientists.