Please join us on Wednesday, March 24th 2021, 1730hrs Indian Standard Time (0800hrs EDT; 1300hrs CET), for A tale of two cities: urban primary health care and the COVID-19 response in Rio and Mumbai – a webinar on primary health care in the COVID-19 response in India and Brazil.
COVID-19 had a profound impact on populations in urban areas. Nearly 95% of COVID-19 cases were in urban areas. Socioeconomic factors, including living conditions, housing, and environmental aspects, among other factors leave cities vulnerable in times of health emergencies, and disasters. This webinar brings together panellists from India and Brazil to speak on the role of primary health care in the response to COVID-19 and illustrate measures adopted to respond to COVID-19. Speakers will present and discuss the role of PHC in the response to COVID-19, and barriers and facilitators of this in the screening, prevention, and management of COVID-19 in the cities of Rio de Janeiro and Mumbai.
The webinar is second in the webinar series ‘Public Health Matters’ brought to you by the India Primary Health Care Support Initiative (IPSI) – a partnership between the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and AIIMS-Delhi.