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How is the COVID-19 pandemic affecting developing countries around the world? Are frontline health workers equipped to deal with the crisis? What are the most constructive approaches to an effective global response? How does international aid play an effective role now - and in a post-COVID-19 world?
Join us for a special webcast in partnership with McGill’s School of Population and Global Health featuring a panel of international health experts and get the perspectives of leaders from the frontlines as well as development institutions like the World Bank.
With:
Dr. Agnes Binagwaho, Vice Chancellor at the University of Global Health Equity, Senior Advisor to the World Health Organization Director General, Senior Lecturer at Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Joanne Liu, MDCM’91, IMHL’14, Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Montreal, Professor of Clinical Medicine at McGill.
Dr. Ariel Pablos-Méndez, Professor of Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center, former Assistant Administrator for Global Health at USAID.
Mr. Patricio V. Marquez, former Lead Public Health Specialist, World Bank Group, coordinating the Global Tobacco Control Program and the Global Mental Health initiative.
Dr. Raj Panjabi, CEO of Last Mile Health and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and the Division of Global Health Equity at Brigham & Women’s Hospital.
Moderators: Dr. Timothy Evans, Inaugural Director and Associate Dean of the School of Population and Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, McGill, and Derek Cassoff, Managing Director, Communications, McGill Advancement.
When
Thursday, April 30, 2020
12:00 p.m. EDT
Questions?
Submit your questions in advance of the webcast by emailing aoc@mcgill.ca.
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