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COVID-19 lockdowns and their broader impact: social costs and potential
co-benefits
Tuesday 02 February 2021 from 12:00-13:00 CET
Countries have introduced lockdowns to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. The
aim is to prevent transmission by limiting population movement and
curtailing many social and economic activities. The individual lockdown
measures and their implementation have varied from country to country, but
all lockdowns have had profound impacts beyond COVID-19 prevention. Such
impacts on issues including mental health, employment, education, the
environment and social inequalities have been diverse. What are the social
costs of lockdowns? And are there any benefits from the changes to our
everyday life that we may want to retain after the pandemic? Join us in this
webinar to learn more about the broader impacts of lockdowns during the
pandemic.
Speakers
Valentina Chiesa, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale – IRCCS di Reggio
Emilia, Italy (keynote)
Liz Green, Public Health Wales, Wales (UK)
Gabriele Antony, Austrian Public Health Institute, Austria
Odile Mekel, Landeszentrum Gesundheit Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Facilitators
Matthias Wismar & Erica Richardson (European Observatory on Health
Systems and Policies)
This webinar is part of a series of webinars which draws lessons from
country experiences based on the
COVID-19 Health System Response Monitor (HSRM) - a joint undertaking
with the WHO Regional Office for Europe, the European Commission and the
European Observatory. The COVID-19 HSRM builds on the expertise of the
Health Systems and Policy Monitor network and the WHO Country Offices
and the knowledge and work of colleagues in the Regional Office and DG
SANTE who are dealing with the pandemic and supporting countries. The
webinar series is indebted to them all.
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