Dr. Prem Misir
The book focuses on the segregated US health system and uses epidemiological evidence to assess the link; includes statistics on health disparities of COVID-19 by race/ethnicity in a single volume and also offers takeaways for social, economic and legislative policy makers, health system leaders, and clinicians.
Prem Misir, PhD, is Former Vice-Chancellor, The University of Fiji; Former Pro Vice- Chancellor, Solomon Islands Campus and Professor and Head, School of Public Health, The University of the South Pacific. He was also the former Pro- Chancellor of the University of Guyana.
In addition to journal articles, he is the author of 11 books, the most recent being: HIV/AIDS and Adolescents: South Pacific and Caribbean, Singapore, Palgrave Macmillan, 2019; The Subaltern Indian Woman: Domination and Social Degradation, Singapore, Palgrave Macmillan, 2018; and HIV & AIDS: Knowledge and Stigma in Guyana, University of the West Indies Press, 2013.
