NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED
9:00–10:30 AM EST // 6:30–8:00 PM IST
Venue: https://zoom.us/j/95140903915
Moderator:
Dr. Vikram Patel, Pershing Square Professor of Global Health, Harvard Medical School
Panelists:
- Dr. Richard Cash, Senior Lecturer on Global Health, Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health
- Dr. Sabina Faiz Rashid, Dean and Professor, BRAC James P. Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University
- Dr. Shamika Ravi, Senior Fellow of the Governance Studies Program, Brookings Institution
- Dr. Srinath Reddy, President, Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI)
What has been the impact of the policy response to COVID-19 on the ground in South Asia? Were these policies proportionate and appropriate? What consequences might they have? This panel will offer an overview of the varied in-region responses to the virus and their impact on the health system and social sector.
Please note that there will be a maximum attendance capacity to the above Zoom session.
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Response to COVID-19 shows India has the political will to control infectious diseases, Vikram Patel
- Brookings India Health Monitor, Shamika Ravi and Mudit Kapoor
- Medicines in India: Accessibility, affordability and quality, Prachi Singh, Shamika Ravi, and David Dam
- COVID-19 | Is India’s health infrastructure equipped to handle an epidemic? Prachi Singh, Shamika Ravi, and Sikim Chakraborty
- How coronavirus can affect India, K. Srinath Reddy
- Reading the COVID-19 numbers right, K. Srinath Reddy
- Team India and winning the pandemic battle, K. Srinath Reddy
- Clues to crack the COVID-19 puzzle, K. Srinath Reddy
- Who all are COVID’s fellow conspirators?, K. Srinath Reddy
- India’s Tryst with COVID-19, Vikram Patel
