Webinar: Leave No One Behind in COVID-19 Prevention, Response and Recovery
Although COVID-19 doesn't discriminate, its impact does. Throughout the Asia-Pacific region, older people, persons living with disabilities, caretakers and the poor have a greater risk of getting infected and developing severe complications. This webinar focused on the early lessons and good practices that are emerging in the region on how to identify and protect the most vulnerable groups. Experts also highlighted what more can be done to ensure that no one is left behind in the regional efforts to prevent, respond and 'recover better' from the COVID-19 pandemic.
To watch a recording of the webinar, please click here.
Copies of the presentations used during the webinar are attached to the right side.
Speakers:
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Mr Eduardo Klien
Regional Director for Asia Pacific HelpAge International Chiang Mai, Thailand |
Ms Anna-Karin Jatfors
Deputy Regional Director, Asia and Pacific UN Women Bangkok, Thailand |
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Baeg Ju Na, MD, PhD |
Dr Prakash Tyagi Executive Director of GRAVIS and Founder-Director of GRAVIS Hospital Member of the HelpAge Global Network Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India |
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Professor Nahoko Harada, RN, PHN, PhD
Department of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing School of Nursing University of Miyazaki Miyazaki City, Miyazaki, Japan |
Ms Xu Shen
Director of Institute of photosynthetic action, youth education and development Shanxi, China. |
This webinar was the first in a series of upcoming webinars on COVID-19 organized by UNDRR’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. As the first region to be impacted by COVID-19, Asia-Pacific has become the testing ground for innovations and solutions to tackle this global disaster.
We aim to use these webinars to distil in 60 minutes the most relevant information and actionable recommendations on priority topics to support countries in their prevention, response and recovery efforts. We will also share issue briefs on the webinar topics that capture emerging lessons and policy recommendations.