Asian countries have dealt with COVID-19 with varying levels of success. The WHO’s lack of effective leadership in the region has resulted in increasingly contested global health governance. The pandemic continues to undermine global health, and the highly interdependent economies in Asia have exposed the speed with which pandemics can now spread. The security of migrant workers is more precarious than ever. Millions have been stranded and face limited access to health services. Public Health in Asia during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Global Health Governance, Migrant Labour, and International Health Crises provides an accessible framework for understanding the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia through the lens of global governance in health and labour.

Contributions by: Haruko SATOH, Kei KOGA, Yumi ISHIKAWA, Miki KOHARA, Xue GONG, Xirui LI, Brendan HOWE, Anh Tuyet NGUYEN, Nurliana KAMARUDDIN, Zokhri IDRIS, Eun Mee KIM, Jisun SONG, Mirjam LE, Franziska Susana NICOLAISEN, Mei-Chun LIU, Saori SHIBATA, Sylvia YAZID