Dear Chifa
A colleague is presenting in this webinar on Thursday.
Would be great if we could publicise this last minute if possible
Very relevant for Chifa I think.
Thank you
Neal
CHIFA profile: Neal Russell is a Paediatrician, Academic Clinical Fellow, who is currently working with the NHS, Medecins Sans Frontieres, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in the UK. njrnealjames AT googlemail.com
Dear Section on Global Health members,
The AAP webinar series on “Global Health Practice in the time of COVID: Finding Effectiveness in Your Personal & Professional World” will continue next week! Join us on Twitter at #AAPGlobalCOVIDSeries
Please register for the 3rd in this series, “Supporting Healthcare Workers here, there & everywhere,” a webinar brought to you by the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Global Health, co-sponsored with Baylor College of Medicine International Pediatric AIDS Initiative (BIPAI) at Texas Children’s Hospital, Save the Children, and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)/Doctors without Borders.
July 2, 2020 (11am-12pm EDT / 1500h UTC/GMT)
Please save the date for this third webinar and register now!
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> Webinar description:
> This session will feature a panel of pediatric global health professionals who are working at the front lines in low resourced settings during the COVID-19 pandemic who will describe their experiences, challenges and corresponding solutions in their work, and ways in which they can be better supported during this challenging time.
> Webinar objectives:
> Discuss the challenges of providing pediatric care during the COVID-19 pandemic that are different in resource-challenged settings
> Describe how different global organizations are addressing chronic and acute care
> Review how different global organizations are supporting their frontline health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic
> Presenters:
> Kemi Ogundipe, MD, MPH
> Child Health/Paediatric Advisor
> Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)/Doctors without Borders
> Vivek Virendra Singh, MBBS, MPH
> Health Specialist
> UNICEF India
> Lineo Thahane, MD, FAAP
> Executive Director, Baylor College of Medicine Children’s Foundation – Lesotho
> Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine
> Steve Wall, MD, MS, MSW, FAAP
> Senior Director, Newborn Health
> Save the Children
> Moderator:
> Janna Patterson, MD, MPH, FAAP
> Senior Vice President, Global Health and Life Support, American Academy of Pediatrics
> Questions? Email sgh@aap.org
Website https://globalhealth.org/event/supporting-healthcare-workers-here-there-...
