The global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the education of healthcare professionals, especially in low- and middle-income countries

Kona Chowdhury¹, Mainul Haque², Ayukafangha Etando³, Santosh Kumar⁴, Halyna Lugova⁵, Moyad Shahwan⁶, Ranko Škrbic⁷, Ammar Abdulrahman Jairoun⁸, Brian Godman^9
1 Department of Paediatrics, Gonoshasthaya Samaj Vittik Medical College and Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh
² Unit of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine and Defence Health, Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia (National Defence University of Malaysia), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
³ Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Eswatini Medical Christian University, Mbabane, Eswatini
⁴ Department of Periodontology and Implantology, Karnavati University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
⁵ Humanitarian Assistance in Disaster Relief Centre, Community Medicine Unit, Faculty of Medicine and Defence Health Research Fellow, National Defence University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
⁶ College of Pharmacy and Health Science, Ajman University; Center of Medical and Bio-allied Health Sciences Research, Ajman University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates
⁷ Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Banja Luka, Banja Luka, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
⁸ Health and Safety Department, Dubai Municipality, Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Discipline of Social and Administrative Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Gelugor, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
⁹ College of Pharmacy and Health Science, Ajman University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates; Department of Pharmacoepidemiology, Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK; Division of Public Health Pharmacy and Management, School of Pharmacy, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, Pretoria, South Africa

Correspondence Address:
Brian Godman
Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, G4 0RE

Mainul Haque
Unit of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine and Defence Health, Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia (National Defence University of Malaysia), Kem Perdana Sungai, Besi 57000, Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia

Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None

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DOI: 10.4103/aihb.aihb_60_22