The Inequality of COVID-19. Immediate Health Communication, Governance and Response in Four Indigenous Regions

Authors

Eric E. Otenyo Professor, Department of Politics and International Affairs, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA. Dr. Eric Edwin Otenyo PhD is professor of Public Administration at Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff Arizona. His MPA is from Syracuse University and PhD from Miami University, Oxford Ohio. He has taught advanced courses in public administration and policy and served as MPA program advisor in the department of Politics and International Affairs at the same university. He previously taught at the University of Nairobi and at Illinois State University. His publications include numerous articles in peer -reviewed journals, conference papers, book chapters on policy and governance issues, and the following books: Comparative Public Administration: The Essential Readings and E-Government: The Use of Information and Communication. Lisa J. Hardy Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA. Dr. Lisa Jane Hardy PhD is Associate professor of Medical Anthropology at Northern Arizona University. She has an MA degree in Applied Anthropology from Northern Arizona University, MA and PhD in Anthropology from Temple University. She is the current editor of Practicing Anthropology; a journal of the Society for Applied Anthropology and Director of the Social Science Community Engagement Lab. Dr. Hardy has published widely in the field of medical anthropology. Her work appears in prestigious journals including Health Promotions Practice, Medical Anthropology, American Journal of Public Health, Qualitative Research, Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics, and Cancer Health Disparities. She teaches various interdisciplinary courses and has research interests in social justice through medical anthropology, policy and systems change, health equity and community engaged research. Dr. Hardy has led rapid response research on the coronavirus pandemic and published several articles on the virus control efforts including several news articles related to Indigenous societies.