PRESIDENTIAL CONFERENCE: TOGETHER FOR MOTHERS' AND CHILDREN'S HEALTH.

jeudi 25 février 2021 16:00-17:00, Online

Every day, over 800 women die from pregnancy or childbirth-related causes. An additional 6,500 newborn babies die daily - most from causes that are preventable or treatable.

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused major disruptions to health services that are exacerbating these risks. Lifesaving vaccination campaigns have been put on hold, health workers have been redeployed, and in some places, health centres and services have shuttered their doors. Financial impacts are also making it harder for countries to sustain quality health care.

An urgent response is needed. Partnerships and solidarity will be crucial.

Around the world, efforts are underway to improve the health of women and children, through immunizations and lifesaving medicines, strengthened access to medical services, and training of key health workers. Groundbreaking work towards polio eradication has seen the number of polio cases drop by 99.9 percent since 1988, saving more than 1.5 million lives and 16 million children from devastating paralysis. 

Featuring speakers from Rotary International, the World Health Organization (WHO) and more, this virtual event will explore initiatives and actions needed to help improve the health of women and children during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.

Registreren

Follow the registration link: https://who.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qvRHJJs-RgCbdynUpp1YcA.

Programma

25.2.2021

Preventing mother/child mortality

Speakers

1545

Zoom opens

1600

Introduction

Anshu Banerjee WHO

Pierre Hoffmeyer, Geneva Rotary Health Group

1605

WHO-Rotary

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO

1610

Rotary-WHO

Holger Knaack, Rotary International

1615

MCH - the Issues/COVID

Anshu Banerjee, WHO

1620

MCH - the Needs/ Telemedicine

Anne-Caroline Benski, HUG

1625

Rotary projects

Anshu Banerjee/Pierre Hoffmeyer (Moderators)

1626

India

Himansu Basu, Calmed project, Rotary

1631

Africa

Urs Herzog, Uganda project

1636

Africa

F.F. “Tusu” Tusubira, Uganda project

1641

Central America

Mario Avendaño Morales, Mexico project

1646

South America

Paola Castillo Rojas, Bolivia project

1651

Europe

Bettina Borisch, Rotary

1656

North America

John Townsend, Rotary Reproductive MCH action group

1700

Discussion

All

1720

WHO-Rotary: Calls to action

Holger Knaack /Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

1730

Closure