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    Open Access Government January 2022

    We welcome 2022 with our January volume – this publication includes health & social care, then research & innovation followed by digital transformation, equality, economic development, transport, environment, energy and agriculture and more

    A selection of our high profile editorial contributions can be found below:

    Biomedical research across the globe: Why now is the time to invest in Africa

    Dr Roger Glass, Director of the Fogarty International Center, and Associate Director of Global Health Research at the U.S. National Institutes of Health explores the vital relationship between NIH and the greater global health research community

    In Puerto Rico, USDA holds the line on African swine fever

    The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, explains here how in Puerto Rico, they hold the line on African swine fever

    2022: The European year of youth

    Themis Christophidou, Director-General of Education, Youth, Sport and Culture at the European Commission, shares plans for the European Year of Youth 2022

    COVID-19 infection prevention: Resource-restricted setting focus

    Zisis Kozlakidis and Dewi Nur Aisyah, explain the renewed focus on resource-restricted settings when it comes to COVID-19 infection prevention

    How healthcare stayed cyber-healthy in a pandemic

    Toby Griffiths, Head of Innovation and Delivery for NHS Digital’s Data Security Centre, discusses how NHS Digital tackled cyber security issues and how ‘security debt’ brought about by the pandemic is being addressed

    Microchips & industrial cloud/edge computing technologies

    Johannes Bahrke, European Commission Coordinating Spokesperson for Digital Economy,
    Research and Innovation spoke to Open Access Government about the next generation
    of microchips and industrial cloud/edge computing technologies

    A WHO perspective on mental health

    Dr Florence Baingana, Regional Advisor, Mental Health and Substance Abuse at the World Health Organization African Region spoke to Open Access Government about mental health and why it is so important today

    The impact of green heating in a clean, liveable city

    Kristoffer Böttzauw, Director General, Danish Energy Agency, explores the impact of green heating in a clean, liveable city

    Tobacco control and prevention efforts in the U.S

    U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Director of the Center for Tobacco Products, Mitch Zeller, discusses here how the U.S. federal review of e-cigarettes and other tobacco products helps protect public health