Webinar Series: Protecting Health Through Life Course during Covid 19 Pandemic

COVID-19 pandemic is placing extraordinary strain on the health system in the countries. In addition to directly affecting women, children adolescents and older people by infection with the virus, the pandemic response to the pandemic has posed serious risk of disruption of essential health and nutrition services for women, children, adolescents and these population in the countries of our Region.  

WHO-SEARO with the collaboration of the Indian Institute of Public health Gandhinagar (IIPHG) has organised a series of technical webinars to share and discuss health issues covering the life-course during the COVID-19 pandemic. Eminent global and regional experts and programme officers from ministries of health in the region have been invited to share the evidence, strategies and experience on various issues.  The target audience includes MOH programme officers, members of academia, partners, professional associations and others.

Click below on the topic of the webinar to access the details of that webinar 

Dates     Topic

19 Aug     COVID-19 in children

26 Aug     Promoting Healthy Ageing in the COVID-19 era

02 Sep     Impact of pandemic and lockdown on adolescent health and wellbeing

09 Sep     Clinical management of COVID-19 during pregnancy

16 Sep     Task-sharing to maintain sexual and reproductive health services during COVID-19

23 Sep     COVID-19 pandemic — Challenges and opportunities for adolescent health

30 Sep     Long-term care of older people during COVID-19

07 Oct     Promoting well-being of children and adolescents during the pandemic

14 Oct     Situation of abortion and availability of medical abortion in the Region

21 Oct     Managing access to essential health services to older people during the COVID-19 pandemic

28 Oct     Options to maintain essential health services during COVID-19