Were it not for my Twitter feed, I wouldn't have realized that my city has been living with COVID for 6 months. What a different world it is now. On top of mind for me today is risk--both in terms of Communications as well as risk perception in relation to public trust. My local public health authority, (Ottawa Public Health) is employing just the right ... Read this >>
Profile: Sameera Hussain - Senior Policy Analyst, Public Health Agency of Canada
Dr. Sameera Hussain is a global health scholar and social justice advocate focused on whole-of-society approaches to public health. Prior to being brought onto the Public Health Agency of Canada's COVID-19 Response and Recovery team, she was Senior Policy Advisor at the Canadian Society for International Health supporting program development for health systems strengthening through addressing the social, political, commercial, and environmental determinants of health. As a Health System Impact Fellow at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, she guest edited a special article collection of BMC's Globalization and Health Journal entitled "Health in the Sustainable Development Goals: intersectoral action for health" published in February 2020.
Sameera Hussain's COVID-19 Diary
01 Sep 2020 : Six months of COVID
Sameera Hussain, Senior Policy Analyst, Public Health Agency of Canada
22 Apr 2020 : Working for the Man (sort of)
On Monday, I was on-boarded for temporary work as an analyst for the Public Health Agency of Canada--the government arm primarily responsible for national COVID response. I am only working on public platforms for now, and it is fascinating to see through the lens of a government insider. Areas of focus, aside from the obvious, include looking at protecti... Read this >>
Sameera Hussain, Senior Policy Analyst, Public Health Agency of Canada
02 Apr 2020
As of today, confirmed cases of COVID19 worldwide just passed the 1 million mark. As predicted by so many of the models that have been circulating on the internet. Public pressure is increasing in Canada for the government to share its own projections for "the COVID surge" which I suppose means when provincial and territorial health systems reach or go be... Read this >>
Sameera Hussain, Senior Policy Analyst, Public Health Agency of Canada
31 Mar 2020
The numbers this morning: 801,400 confirmed cases, with 38,743 deaths and 172,657 recovered. There won't be any good news on the Hopkins website, so not really a good way to start my day. The US, as of a few days ago, has the highest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases. Such madness. Yet another day of homeschooling and working on various projects begins ... Read this >>