Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

Pandemic

A pandemic is an outbreak of an infectious disease that spreads across multiple countries or continents, affecting large numbers of people at the same time. Unlike localized epidemics, pandemics overwhelm health systems on a global scale and disrupt social and economic life, as the worldwide spread of COVID-19 demon…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 14× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2641-4538 🗓 Reviewed June 2026

Overview

A pandemic is an outbreak of an infectious disease that spreads across multiple countries or continents, affecting large numbers of people at the same time. Unlike localized epidemics, pandemics overwhelm health systems on a global scale and disrupt social and economic life, as the worldwide spread of COVID-19 demonstrated. Understanding pandemics involves studying how pathogens emerge and transmit, how populations respond through behavior and policy, and how health systems can detect, contain, and mitigate widespread disease. Public Health International gathers peer-reviewed, open-access research examining pandemics from several angles. Published work has explored data-driven decision-making for assessing local transmission risk during COVID-19, multisectoral response strategies in limited-resource settings such as Rwanda, and adherence to non-pharmaceutical interventions in a slum environment. Other articles have addressed the bioethical challenge of respecting patient autonomy during a pandemic and assessed healthcare workers' knowledge, risk perception, and attitudes toward COVID-19 in a Nigerian tertiary facility. Together these studies reflect the journal's focus on epidemiology, prevention, health policy, and the practical realities of responding to a global health emergency, providing readers with evidence-based perspectives on pandemic preparedness and management.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 14 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Pandemic, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Public Health International (ISSN 2641-4538).

Journal editorial board
Javad Javan-Noughabi · United Kingdom Evelyn O Talbott · United States Zainab Taha · United Arab Emirates

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