WHO Webinar - Confronting Poverty and Income Insecurity during COVID-19 through Strengthening Social Protection
WHO Webinar - Confronting Poverty and Income Insecurity during COVID-19 through Strengthening Social Protection 25 February 2021 12:00 – 13:00 CET
Via Zoom
Background on the WHO webinar series
The COVID-19 pandemic and containment responses have exacerbated existing social, economic, gender, ethnic and health inequities. The WHO Global Webinar Series on Equity, COVID-19 and the Social Determinants of Health (SDH) discusses the disproportionate impacts that the COVID-19 pandemic is having on more disadvantaged population groups, with a focus on how it is widening health inequities. It should serve as a call for action to support those groups most affected, to mitigate impacts, and to take the opportunity of the pandemic to revisit how societies deal with the SDH and health equity. Each seminar in this Series will cover the evidence on inequities in health exa