Annie Chan

Annie Chan works as a content writer at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). In this role, she creates audience-centric content to convey research findings and engage with policy influencers. Before joining IHME, she worked as an actuarial analyst at CalPERS and as a regional sports newsletter contributor at The GIST.
 

Rukia Kondogoza, a cervical cancer patient, shares a bed in a female ward of a cancer institute in the capital Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on November 11, 2009.
Gender

The Path to Vaccinating the World Against HPV

by Kelly Compton, Annie Chan

Fewer required doses, more affordable vaccines

Kimono-clad women wearing protective face masks walk in front of white Japanese Sake barrels stacked in a grid decorated with colorful designs for the year-end and New-Year at Meiji Shrine
Aging

The Curious Case of Japan's Alcohol Contest

by Annie Chan

Japan's young people are turning away from alcohol, but its tax agency wants to reverse the trend

a pregnant woman from the Navajo nation wearing a black tank top shields her eyes from the sun
Poverty

Shining a Light on Native American Health

by Annie Chan

AIAN life expectancy has not improved over the past decades, but there are indigenous-led efforts aiming to change that

DOCUMENT DATE:  January 26, 2022  A woman walks past a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) campaign truck during a mass vaccination exercise at Wuse market in Abuja, Nigeria January 26, 2022.
Governance

Unvaccinated in Nigeria and Still Waiting on a Jab

by Annie Chan

Scaling up COVID-19 antivirals to fight new variants is now more important than ever

A fentanyl user displays a "safe supply" of opioid alternatives in Vancouver, Canada
Governance

Opioid Overdose Deaths: What the United States Can Learn From Other Countries

by Liane Ong, Garland Culbreth, Annie Chan

Naloxone for everyone and supervised drug consumption rooms could be the future

Eiichi Okubo, 71, speaks to his wife Yumiko, 68, who has been suffering from dementia, near her care house in Tokyo, Japan, on October 29, 2018.
Aging

Memory Robber—Keeping Dementia From Stealing Our Future

by Emma Nichols, Annie Chan

Dementia cases may triple globally by 2050, here's how public health professionals can help

A medical worker in a protective suit walks near the residential area at Jordan, after the expand of mandatory coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing, in Hong Kong, China January 19, 2021
Governance

What Happens When Zero-COVID Countries Lift Restrictions

by Ruri Syailendrawati, Annie Chan, Katherine Leach-Kemon, Ali H. Mokdad

How Singapore, Australia, Vietnam, and others are transitioning

The Kansas City Chiefs come out of the tunnel for the game against the Pittsburgh Steelers at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium, in Kansas City, Missouri, on December 26, 2021.
Governance

Sports Teams Took Their Shots, But Fans Lag Behind

by Annie Chan

What NFL, WNBA, and other professional athletes and teams around the globe can teach us about COVID-19 vaccination