Adaptive leadership and independent opinions: Lessons from the National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-1-2022
Abstract
Malaysia was slow to begin its COVID-19 immunization program for various reasons. However, it is one of the fastest developing countries to vaccinate 80% of its adult population. Nontraditional health leadership played a large role in the implementation of the National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme (NCIP). Independent opinions from academia also helped the NCIP and may be useful as a way of pushing forward recommendations that may otherwise be difficult to make.
Keywords
COVID-19, Vaccination, Public health, Communicable diseases, Health policy, Population health, Epidemiology
Divisions
Socialprevent
Funders
Ministry of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change (MESTECC), Malaysia (Grant No: UM.0000245/HGA.GV)
Publication Title
Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health
Volume
34
Issue
2-3
Publisher
Sage
Publisher Location
2455 TELLER RD, THOUSAND OAKS, CA 91320 USA