covid
PD 04 - Transformational Partnerships for Global...
COVID-19 has demonstrated that the world was not adequately prepared to respond to a global health security threat. The pandemic continues to severely impact lives, the global economy, and has set progress...
WS 01 - Thinking Ahead: Prototype Vaccines
Vaccines are the major cornerstone to control pandemics. This has been demonstrated in the past for instance by the eradication of poxvirus or the global control of poliomyelitis. Given the long history...
D 03 - Tobacco Control in Times of the COVID-19...
In debating about effective measures to contain the pandemic, little attention is given to tobacco control and smoking cessation. There is increasing evidence about the close relationships between tobacco...
PD 07 - Building Back for Rare
Rare diseases are often chronic, severely disabling and life-threatening. Persons living with rare diseases around the world confront common health, social, and economic challenges. Despite their great...
PD 09 - Science, not Fiction
COVID-19 has decimated cancer care. Whether it was the cancelled routine screening, the late diagnosis or the delayed treatment - the impact is going to be felt for years to come. So the question now...
PD 04 - Multilateral Public Health Partnerships...
Multilateral cooperation is central in a pandemic. As the experiences in the COVID-19 pandemic show public health institutions play a central role in both preparedness and response at the national level...
PD 08 - Bringing the COVID-19 Epidemic under...
COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2 has changed the world. It is obvious that it can only be brought under control by breakthroughs in research & innovation. These include, first of all, the 3 canonical...
KEY 04 - Pandemic Preparedness in the Age of...
COVID-19 has called our global pandemic preparedness into question. But building on experience with other coronaviruses, including SARS and MERS, and learning lessons from combatting outbreak diseases...
WS 11 - NTDs and Challenges of the COVID-19 Crisis...
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the progress towards elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) in a dramatic way: Following the initial recommendations of WHO, the implementation of NTD-programs...
WS 12 - Vaccination and Transmission Control...
Vaccination against and control of vector-borne transmission of infectious agents are prime staples of infection control. The speakers in this session will present their exemplary experience with the...
PD 17 - Perspectives from the COVID-19 Pandemic...
Despite the huge societal costs of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), there is no viable market for new antibiotics. As a result, important antibiotics in the early stages of development may never reach...
WS 16 - Developing Strategies for Fighting COVID-19...
Even pandemics with global dimensions have local and regional origins. This high-level event under the patronage of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and Charité Universitätsmedizin...
WS 18 - Developing Strategies for Fighting COVID-19...
Even pandemics with global dimensions have local and regional origins. This high-level event under the patronage of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and Charité Universitätsmedizin...
PD 26 - BMJ Collection – Women’s Health and Gender...
Unfortunately this Panel Discussion was cut short due to technical difficulties. The 25 years since the visionary Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action for Women have seen dramatic changes globally....
WS 17 - Fighting Falsified and Substandard Medicines...
The fight against falsified and substandard medicines in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is a major challenge. With constrained access to essential medicines, weak technical capacity for medicine...