Events

Locally Leading the Way: An MSH Livestream Series

September 17, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic is testing health systems, but we can learn from the gaps it reveals and co-opt the strategies that are working to contain it. Locally Leading the Way invites health leaders and viewers for interactive, real-time, virtual roundtable discussions on how countries can respond to disruptions, maintain essential services, and prevent future pandemics while optimizing sustainable local resources.

The Health System after the COVID Pandemic: Policies and Investments Needed to Support Frontline Health Workers

September 24, 2020

Please join the Frontline Health Workers Coalition and member organizations Chemonics, IntraHealth International, Living Goods, Management Sciences for Health, and Pathfinder International for an exciting discussion during the 75th United Nations General Assembly focused on how investments in the workforce now can better position countries to respond to their populations’ health needs in a post-pandemic world.

Stopping a Global Pandemic Without Water? How WASH is a Neglected Critical Element of Health Security

September 24, 2020

A Virtual UN General Assembly Side Event As we have seen during the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare facilities are critical to the treatment and containment of infections. With a high density of patients and pathogens in limited space, there is a greater possibility for infections to be passed from one person to another. Healthcare facilities must be adequately equipped to deal with outbreaks. However, healthcare facilities across many low- and middle-income countries are ill prepared to thwart the spread of infection.

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