Impact of Emerging Pandemic on Global Diseases and Human Well-Being

Dear Colleagues,

In October 2020, the first volume of the Special Issue “Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Global Diseases and Human Well-Being” was launched (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/jcm/special_issues/impact_pandemic). Now, we would like to launch the second volume on this topic.

The wide spread of COVID-19 has not only had significant and negative effects on human well-being, sexual desire and behaviours, but it has also had a negative impact on many important diseases. Besides these events, the daily activities of many departments have been drastically reduced and limited to non‐deferrable procedures, and the entire organogram has been reorganised following a rigorous flowchart. Previous reports have demonstrated a reduction in admissions for different conditions such as acute coronary syndrome or decreased use of coronary procedures in various countries affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to an increase in out-of-hospital deaths and long-term complications of myocardial infarction and missed opportunities to offer secondary prevention treatment for patients with coronary heart disease.

However, COVID-19 is not the only desease that can affect public health organization and social life. In fact, previous studies demonstrate that declining immunity in the population in the context of urbanization could favour the re-emergence of new/old viruses. In the past few months, the rapid spread of monkeypox virus (MPX) in Europe, UK and North America demonstrates that the danger of another pandemic or outbreak is imminent. At the same time, we cannot forgot that low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) have suffered from long-term health system deficiencies, worsened by poor living conditions, lack of sanitation, a restricted access to health facilities and running water, overcrowding and overpopulation. These factors favor human displacement and deepen marginalization; consequently, their population endures a high burden of infectious diseases. In this context, the current epidemiological landscape and its impact on health and economic development are not promising, despite the commitment by the international community to eradicate neglected tropical infections, especially tuberculosis and malaria, by 2030. Some studies have investigated some neglected and (re)-emerging infectious diseases, including neurocysticercosis, malaria, rabies, West Nile virus encephalitis, tuberculosis, neuroborreliosis and SARS-CoV-2 in LMIC. At the same time, globalization and the development of relations between different continents could create conditions which could led to another pandemic or outbreak.

In this Special Issue, we invite researchers and clinicians to submit their works, including original clinical research studies, meta-analyses and systematic reviews, that will provide additional knowledge on the impact of emerging pandemics and outbreaks of global diseases on human well-being.

Prof. Dr. Giorgio I. Russo
Guest Editor

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