INTERNATIONAL publishing company, Springer, has published the book manuscript “COVID-19 and Health system Segregation in the US – Racial Health Disparities and Systemic Racism” by prominent Guyana- born academic, former University of Guyana (UG) Pro-Chancellor, Professor Prem Misir.

The book focuses on segregated US health system and uses epidemiological evidence to assess the link with systemic racism. It also includes statistics on health disparities of COVID-19 by race/ethnicity in a single volume, and offers takeaways for social, economic and legislative policy makers, health system leaders, and clinicians.

The Foreword for the book is written by Robert E. Fullilove. Fullilove is Professor, Sociomedical Sciences at Columbia University Medical Center, and Associate Dean, Community and Minority Affairs School of Public Health.

Professor Misir’s bio-sketch includes the following:
Prem Misir, PhD, is a former Vice-Chancellor, The University of Fiji; Pro Vice-Chancellor, Solomon Islands Campus and Professor and Head, School of Public Health, The University of the South Pacific (Immediate Past). Professor Misir also was Dean, Centre for iTaukei Studies, The University of Fiji; Dean, Foundation Studies, The University of Fiji; and Dean, University–Wide Programme, The University of Fiji.

Professor Misir is the holder of the PhD (University of Hull, England); MPH (University of Manchester, England); MPhil (University of Surrey, England); B.S.Sc. (Honours) (Queen’s University of Belfast, United Kingdom); Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health (FRSPH, England); and Certificate, Harvard University – Improving Global Health: Focusing on Quality and Safety.

Professor Misir was Visiting Professor at the University of the West Indies; Visiting Professor, Anton de Kom University of Suriname; and Honorary Professor at the University of Central Lancashire in England. He is the former Pro-Chancellor of the University of Guyana.

In addition to numerous 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.