Aster Medical Journal (AMJ)

Global fight depends on the health system of vulnerable countries

The 2019 novel coronavirus has caused a public-health emergency in China, a global economic superpower. Like many in my field, I worry that if and when the emergent virus takes root in poorer countries that are already tackling outbreaks of other pathogens, it could wreak havoc of an even larger magnitude.

I am a physician who concentrates

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