A book on health and economic challenges amid global conflict, climate change, pandemics, and energy crises

Call for Chapters (Project approved by Bentham Science, Publishing charges: Nil)

Tentative Book Title: Socio-economic challenges amid global conflicts, pandemics and climate crises

Objective of the book: To benefit students, scholars, and researchers of public health, epidemiology, international affairs, peace and conflict studies, health economics, and socioeconomic studies, as well as journalists and policymakers. We do not expect any political, antinational, or antigovernment statements or statements that may intensify any cross-border conflicts.

Description: It should have a structured abstract, introduction, and conclusion, along with other suitable headlines. Every paragraph should include a reference to present inflation, economic stagflation, halted development projects, currency devaluation, energy crunches, health and socioeconomic crises caused by ongoing global conflicts, the pandemic, and climate change. Please avoid giving complex equations, graphs, methodology, and other technical jargon. We need a chapter, not a journal-fit article. Authors are requested to submit chapters based on health and economic challenges in:

(a) Low and middle income countries (LMICs)

(b) War-torn countries (eg. Syria, Palestine, Yemen, Iraq, Libya, DR Congo)

(Afghanistan, Mexico, Lebanon and Ukraine confirmed by 4 senior authors)

(c) European Union

(d) Sub-Saharan Africa

(e) Middle East – Gulf countries (confirmed by Dr. Kausar Yasmeen)

(f) East Asia (China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong)

(g) Central Asian countries

(h) Middle East/North Africa (MENA) Region

(i) ASEAN countries

(j) Latin America

(k) Australia and Oceania

Also, based on present crisis imposed by COVID-19, ongoing global conflicts and climate change, authors may submit manuscripts on:

(l) Global energy crisis

(m) Global economic crisis

(n) Global health system crisis

(o) Global unemployment crisis

(p) Global supply chain crisis caused by currency devaluation

(q) Global food insecurity

(r) Human displacement and epidemic crisis among displaced people

(s) Poorest developing countries that are in dangers of bankruptcy

(t) Implications for prospects for sustainable global development

(u) Social innovation in tackling global poverty and vulnerability

(v) Challenges of the countries where displaced people took asylum

(w) Inter-relationships between climate, pandemics, and conflict (confirmed by Dr. Sabyasachi)

(x) The impact of global crisis over drug and medical equipment supply

(y) The impact of US-China Trade war over global economy

(z) Challenges for countries facing US-EU sanctions

Requirements: The language should be fluent English; it should be a 5000–7000-word chapter manuscript along with references; line spacing: 1.5; font size: 12; font: Times New Roman. American Medical Association (AMA) citation style should be used, and all references, infographics (please avoid images of people and places), and other sources should be clearly cited by numbering within the text. Try to put 3 to 5 tables and infographics with lots of statistics on health and the economy.  Journal names inside the reference section should be italicized and use the complete journal name. For example: Avoid writing "Public Health Pract (Oxf)" instead of “Oxford Handbook of Public Health Practice”. Use citation tools like bibme.org or citationmachine.net or any other online citation tool to avoid errors. A plagiarism report and a 100-word career summary of the author are mandatory along with the submission.

Deadline of Submission: May 15, 2023

Email for submission: dr.m.nasirullah.trust@gmail.com

For any query or confirmation: trymohi@yahoo.co.in

List of confirmed authors:

1. Prof. Ursula Oswald-Spring, National University of Mexico-Regional Multidisciplinary Research Centre (CRIM-UNAM)

2. Dr. Omar S. Rashid, University of Almería, Carretera Sacramento, S/N, La Cañada de San Urbano, 04120, Almería, Spain

3. Dr. Ali Mohammad Mosadeghrad, Professor of Health Policy, Management and Economics-School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran

4. Dr. Narges Neyazi, Department of Health System Development, World Health Organization, Kabul, Afghanistan

5. Dr. Walid Alam, Department of Oncology, Maidstone Hospital, Maidstone, Kent, UK

6. Dr. Suzan Abdel-Rahman, Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics and Demography, Faculty of Graduate Studies for Statistical Research, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt

7.  Dr. Ikram Shah, Assistant Professor, Department of Development Studies COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus

8. Dr. Ritu Choudhary, Assistant Professor, Indrashil University, Gujarat, India

9. Dr. Kausar Yasmeen, College of Economics, Management and Information Systems, University of Nizwa, Oman

10. Dr. Ephrem Berhe, College of Health Sciences, Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Mekelle University, Tigray, Ethiopia

11. Dr. Sergei V. Jargin, Department of Pathology, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia

12. Dr. Domenico Vito, Member of the Italian Society of Climate Sciences (SISC)

13. Dr. Anton Kurapov, Faculty of Psychology, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine

14. Mr. Abdul Kader Mohiuddin (Corresponding author), Alumnus, Faculty of Pharmacy, Dhaka University, Bangladesh