Health management during COVID-19 pandemic—contribution of women health informaticians, medical physicists and veterinarians from Bangladesh and Malaysia during the world crisis

Yeong, Chai Hong; Azhari, Hasin Anupama; Parveen, Sharmin; Juyena, Nasrin Sultana; Nahar, Nasreen; Islam, Md. Aminul; Mysore Kempegowda, Sunil; Karmaker, Nupur; Mumtaz, Tabassum; Stoeva, Magdalena

This article aims to highlight some of the contributions from Bangladeshi and Malaysian women scientists in the fields of health informatics, medical physics and biomedical engineering, and veterinary science in combating the COVID-19 world crisis. The status of COVID-19 situations in Bangladesh and Malaysia in respect to global scenario, some relevant government policies, lessons learnt from previous pandemics, socio-economic impacts of COVID-19, the impact on healthcare system and health management approaches taken by individual/institutional research group led by women scientists during the COVID-19 pandemic have been discussed and demonstrated in this article. These promising activities and initiatives will eventually motivate other women in science and extend their roles from laboratory to society in more aspects.