COVID-19 and the environment (LIHP)

Date
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 event

To enable a space for dicussion and reflection regarding the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the environment.

Summary of 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 curriculum summary
  • 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
Presentations and reference materials
Access to the recording