The Department of Evidence and Intelligence for Action in Health (EIH/HA) and Latin American Center of Perinatology, Women and Reproductive Health (CLAP/WR) of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO / WHO), invite you to the fifth Seminar of the Virtual Seminar Series on COVID-19, SDG Health Targets and Equity:
Webinar: Protecting Regional Achievements in Neonatal Health After COVID-19
June 01, 2021, 11:30 am – 01:00 pm (EDT)
Time: 11:30 am – 01:00 pm (Washington DC Time)
Registration: https://paho-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zC9KCmXKSfahIWBOrarrhw
Agenda
Opening: 11:30 am – 11:40 am
Dr. Sebastian Garcia, Department of Evidence and Intelligence for Action in Health (EIH/PAHO)
Facilitator: Dra. Patricia Soliz, Department of Evidence and Intelligence for Action in Health (EIH/PAHO)
Presentation 1: 11:40 am – 11:55 am
Challenges in neonatal health between pre and post pandemic from a rights perspective
Dr. Pablo Duran, Latin American Center of Perinatology, Women and Reproductive Health (CLAP/WR/PAHO)
Presentation 2: 11:55 am – 12:10 pm
Reducing inequalities in neonatal health: the formula for accumulating human capital
Dr. Oscar Mujica, Department of Evidence and Intelligence for Action in Health (EIH/PAHO)
Presentation 3: 12:10 pm – 12:25 pm
Experience from the Kangaroo Care Program in the Dominican Republic.
Dra. Nidia Cruz, Infant Coordinator of the Maternal, Infant and Adolescent Health Division. Ministry of Public Health. Dominican Republic
Questions – Discussion
Closing: 12:50 pm
Dra. Suzanne Serruya, Latin American Center of Perinatology, Women and Reproductive Health (CLAP/WR/PAHO)
The unforeseen and intense spread of the 2019 coronavirus disease pandemic (COVID-19) in the Region of the Americas has dramatically exposed and amplified the presence of inequalities and inequities, a prominent feature in terms of environmental health, social and economic conditions in the Region. Along with this, it is worth highlighting the impact of the Pandemic on the sustainability of essential care and interventions, for which there is evidence of significant disruptions. There is evidence of the deep and differential socioeconomic impact in the short and long term, together with the direct impact on access and quality of care, particularly in newborns, with potentially serious consequences for the health of populations and, above all, for the equitable distribution of health and the well-being opportunities of all ages. Such situation has relevant implications for Goal 3 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, based on the promise to leave no one behind. In this webinar, the fifth in the Series on COVID-19, the SDG Health Goals and Equity, aspects related to neonatal health before and after the pandemic will be discussed.
