School of Business and Law, CQUniversity, Sydney Campus, Australia.
School of Management and Marketing, Faculty of Business and Law, Taylor's University, Subang Jaya, Malaysia.
Leadersh Health Serv (Bradf Engl). 2021 Dec 3;ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print). doi: 10.1108/LHS-09-2021-0077.
Coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, has presented an opportunity to set aside traditional regional collaborations and take responsible leadership to overcome difficult times. This paper aims to explore the current COVID-19 vaccination progress and pandemic status for the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries and suggests responsible leadership to combat the COVID-19 pandemic and to think beyond.
DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH: This paper offers a viewpoint of the current COVID-19 vaccination among eight SAARC nations. It scrutinises the recent COVID-19 vaccination statistics for the eight South Asian countries based on Web-based analytics and comparative analysis until 28 August 2021.
This paper calls for collaborative decisions and responsible actions for policymakers in the SAARC countries to deal with the COVID-19 vaccination crisis. When South Asian countries are fraught with the increasing number of populations with COVID-19 cases, deaths and acute shortage of life-saving vaccines, it is time for their national and SAARC leaders to strengthen regional cooperations and initiate collaborative actions. The paper demonstrates that implementing responsible leadership can result in favourable outcomes for individuals, organisations, regions and the world. Moreover, this paper suggests SAARC, through responsible actions, has the potentiality to overcome the current crisis of COVID-19 vaccination and enhance the regional sustainability of the South Asian nations.
ORIGINALITY/VALUE: This paper delivers information about the present developing situation of COVID-19 vaccination in SAARC countries, how the governments and regional leadership are handling and future challenges that have been raised and can be overcome effectively. This paper can be helpful for the policymakers and SAARC leaders for effective public health interventions in the region and to develop a recovery roadmap for the sustainable economic zone.
冠状病毒，又称 COVID-19，为搁置传统区域合作并采取负责任的领导来克服困难时期提供了机会。本文旨在探讨南亚区域合作联盟（SAARC）国家目前的 COVID-19 疫苗接种进展和大流行状况，并提出负责任的领导来应对 COVID-19 大流行并超越大流行。
设计/方法/方法：本文提供了对八个 SAARC 国家当前 COVID-19 疫苗接种的观点。它根据网络分析和 2021 年 8 月 28 日之前的比较分析，仔细研究了八个南亚国家最近的 COVID-19 疫苗接种统计数据。
本文呼吁 SAARC 国家的决策者做出协作决策并采取负责任的行动，以应对 COVID-19 疫苗接种危机。当南亚国家面临 COVID-19 病例、死亡人数不断增加和救生疫苗严重短缺的情况时，现在是各国和 SAARC 领导人加强区域合作并采取协作行动的时候了。本文表明，实施负责任的领导可以为个人、组织、地区和世界带来有利的结果。此外，本文建议 SAARC 通过负责任的行动，有可能克服当前 COVID-19 疫苗接种危机，并增强南亚国家的区域可持续性。
原创性/价值：本文提供了有关 SAARC 国家 COVID-19 疫苗接种现状、政府和区域领导层如何应对以及已经提出并可以有效克服的未来挑战的信息。本文可以为决策者和 SAARC 领导人在该地区进行有效的公共卫生干预和制定可持续经济区的恢复路线图提供帮助。
