Events

Past Event

Global COVID-19 Prevention and Response

April 27, 2021
1:00 PM - 2:45 PM
America/New_York
Online Event
Global COVID-19 Prevention and Response: Realities of Operations in Low-Resource Health Settings

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Join our panel discussion of COVID-19 operations issues in low-resource health settings. Using a socioecological approach will discuss the implementation of COVID-19 prevention, and the decreasing transmission includes co-created community initiatives, regional and national implementation. We will also discuss the development of vaccine research policies, strategies, and priorities; planning COVID-19 interventions in affected countries and regions to strengthen the prevention, detection, and response to the pandemic; and the challenges facing COVID-19 operations in Brazil and other countries.

Speakers:

Dr. Amanda McClelland, Senior Vice President of the Prevent Epidemics Team at Resolve to Save Lives

Dr. Martin Howell Friede, WHO Coordinator for the Initiative for Vaccine Research, Geneva, Switzerland

Dr. Marcela Allheimen, Director, Medical Unit, Médecins Sans Frontières Brazil

Moderator:

Dr. Rachel T. Moresky, Director, sidHARTe - Strengthening Emergency Systems & Global Emergency Medicine Fellowship Programs, Columbia University Population and Family Health & Emergency Medicine

Contact Information

Rachel Moresky