Problem
Describe the most recent or current global epidemic or recent pandemic including information about the disease, the populations most at risk or most affected, the public health response, the stakeholders involved in planning and implementing the response, the response of the public, and the work of public health agencies attempting to guard against misinformation and the role they played in addressing it.
On different paragraphs:
1) Explaining how public health agencies attempted to guard against misinformation and the role they played in addressing it. Do you think the agencies were effective in this? If not, what more could be done?
2) Describe two challenges to public health systems and professionals when addressing non-communicable, epidemic-level diseases as well as chronic health issues.
3) Explain how these two challenges could be addressed moving forward.
4) Explain the theory of epidemiological transition in relation to two public health problems, with scholarly references.