COVID-19 and the environment (LIHP)
Date:
Thursday, September 24, 2020
Time:
11:00 a.m -12:00 n. (EST)
Description:
This seminar makes part of the webinar series organized by the Leaders for International Health Program (LIHP). Its main aim was enabling a space for dicussion and reflection regarding the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the environment.
Objective(s) of the meeting:
To enable a space for dicussion and reflection regarding the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the environment.
Brief synthesis of the topics:
- Presentation: COVID-19 and the Environment: the need to change paradigms - Dr. Marilyn Aparicio Effen
- Presentation: Global environmental public health governance in COVID-19 - Ms. Sally Edwards
Speakers. Brief summary of the curriculum:
- Dr. Marilyn Aparicio Effen Chief, Unit of Climate Change, Environment and Health Bolivian Institute of High Altitude Biology School of Medicine, Greater Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, Bolivia.
- Ms. Sally Edwards Regional Advisor, Climate Change and Health Climate Change and Environmental Determinants of Health Pan American Health Organization PAHO/WHO, Panama.
Keywords:
Environment, COVID-19, Pandemic
