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Multidisciplinary Collaborative Research for Developing a COVID-19 Policy Risk Index (COV19PRI) to Overcome the Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic in 3 Asian Megacities

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Start & end year

    N/A

  • Funder

    e-Asia JRP

  • Principal Investigator

    Akira MUKAIDA

  • Research Location

    Japan, Philippines, Thailand

  • Lead Research Institution

    Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Policies for public health, disease control & community resilience

  • Research Subcategory

    Approaches to public health interventions

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Unspecified

  • Vulnerable Population

    Unspecified

  • Occupations of Interest

    Unspecified

Abstract

This research aims to first develop a multicriteria risk index considering multiple factors affecting the spread of COVID-19 to provide policymakers with insights for a timely pandemic response and then to use the developed index to evaluate government responses in three Asian megacities of Tokyo, Bangkok, and Manila. The Japanese team provides policy analysis and geospatial insights to the project using promising remote sensing data and technologies. The Filipino team supports the establishment of behavioral-linked indicators as one of the multiple factors that would pose risk from epidemics such as that of COVID-19. One Thai team aims to assess the possible association of atmospheric components such as PM 2.5 and COVID records. The other Thai team will carry out research using data from social media.