Organised by the Irish Global Health Network and ESTHER Alliance for Global Health Partnerships. This series of webinars focused on healthcare professionals and overseas staff working in Global Health in the era of COVID-19. The webinars hosted experts to discuss various COVID-19 themes relevant to health professionals working in global health.
20th Webinar: Vaccines: the end of the Covid-19 Pandemic?
27/11/20
Moderated by Dr Kieran Harkin Co Founder of Access to Medicines, Ireland
Dr Ellen F. M. ‘t Hoen LLM PhD Director of Medicines Law & Policy
Achal Prabhala is a fellow of the Shuttleworth Foundation and the coordinator of the AccessIBSA project, which campaigns for access to medicines in India, Brazil and South Africa
Dr Aisling McMahon is an Assistant Professor of Law at Maynooth University where she specialises in medical and intellectual property law
Isabel Simpson, Executive Director – Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF)
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19th Webinar: Maintaining Healthy School Communities in the Face of the Coronavirus
30/10/20
Ruairi Brugha, Professor Emeritus, RCSI, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Sam McConkey, Deputy Dean at RCSI, Head of the Department of International Health and Tropical Medicine
Maeve Corish, Principal, Donabate Portrane Educate Together, Ireland
Pheung Pov, Country Manager, See Beyond Borders, Cambodia
Julie Watson, Research Fellow at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
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18th Webinar: Health Partnerships during the pandemic: Contributions and Lessons8
28/08/20
Webinar Anchor: David Weakliam, HSE Global Health Programme Director
Francis Nyakoojo, Health and Nutrition Programme Manager, Concern Worldwide
Olimjon Saidmamatov, Researcher at Urgench State University
Joe Gallagher, National GP lead for heart failure with the Irish College of General Practitioners
Desalegn Bekele Taye, Healthcare quality and safety advocate professional
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17th Webinar: Men and Covid 19 – How are men affected by Covid 19 and how can the response better include them?
17/07/20
David Weakliam Global Health Programme Director, HSE
Noel Richardson from IT Carlow who is Director of the National Centre for Men’s Health in Ireland
Professor Luke Clancy – Director General, TobaccoFree Research Institute Ireland (TFRI) Dublin.
Professor Maria Lohan, Chair in Social Sciences and Health, Queens University Belfast
Gary Barker, President and CEO of Promundo-US
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Webinar 16: Leaving No One Behind: Social Inclusion, Disability and Vulnerable Groups
03/07/2020
Ros Tamming, Senior Research Officer, National Disability Authority
Dr. Mary Keogh, Director, Disability Inclusive Development, CBM
Aidan Leavy, Independent Consultant, Member of Advisory Board of CIVICUS DIGNA
Margaret Fitzgerald, National Public Health Lead for Social Inclusion and Vulnerable Groups, HSE
ISL Interpreter: Ms. Bernadette Ferguson
Webinar Anchor: Ruairi Brugha, Professor Emeritus, RCSI
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15th Webinar: Malnutrition across the spectrum and the increased health risks during the COVID-19 pandemic
26/06/2020
Dr Timothy Roberton, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
Marie Mc Grath, Emergency Nutrition Network, ENN
Sajia Mehjabeen, Nutrition Advisor, SAL, Concern located in Bangladesh
Suzana Almoosawi, Public Health Nutritionist, Nutritional Epidemiologist
Webinar Anchor: Ruairi Brugha, Professor Emeritus, RCSI
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14th Webinar: Leaving No One Behind: Keeping up Essential Services for NCD Patients in Ethiopia during the Time of COVID-19 Response
19/06/2020
Dr. Yoseph Mamo, HPA/THET Lead; THENA County Director
Wondesen Berhe, NCD team leader, Addis Ababa Regional Health Bureau
Mrs. Bezawit Ketema, PhD cand., Martin Luther University; AAU
Dr.Desalew Mekonnen, Consultant Internist/Cardiologist, Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital
Dr.Adamu Addissie, Doctor; Preventative Medicine, SPH, AAU
Anchor: Ruairi Brugha
Moderator: Dr. Mirgissa Kaba, Associate Professor, Addis Ababa University
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13th Webinar: Exploring a planetary health response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
12/06/2020
Dr. Renzo Guinto, Chief Planetary Doctor, PH Lab
Lanvin Concessao, Project Associate, Energy Program at World Resources Institute India
Dr. Aoife Kirk, Senior Medical Officer during the COVID19 response, HSE Public Health team
Tara Shine, Director, Change by Degrees; Environmental Scientist
Moderator: Rosie James, Board Member, IGHN
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12th Webinar: The Positive Power of Communities in the Response to COVID-19
05/06/2020
Ms Nicola Willis, Executive Director, AFRICAID-Zvandiri, Zimbabwe
Ms Florence Maritim Bore, Coordinator, Brighter Communities Worldwide, Kenya
Oanh Khuat, Executive Director, Centre for Supporting Community Development Initiatives (SCDI), Vietnam
Ms Blessi Kumar, CEO, Global Coalition of TB Activists, India
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11th Webinar: The Broader Health and Health Systems Impacts of COVID-19 in LMICs
29/05/2020
Prof. Ruairi Brugha, Professor Emeritus, RCSI, IGHN Webinar Anchor
Dr. David Weakliam, Global Health Programme Director, HSE
Dr. Lucica Ditiu, Executive Secretary of the Stop TB Partnership
Dr. Trish Scanlan, Paediatric oncologist, Muhimbili Hospital, Tanzania
Dr. Elenia Macamo Amado, Ministry of Health, Mozambique
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10th Webinar: Protecting the Health Care Workers During the COOVID-19 Pandemic
22/05/2020
Dr. Ivan Ivanov: Global Occupational and Workplace Health Team, Headquarters of WHO, Geneva
Dr. Will Ponsonby: President (Chair), Society of Occupational Medicine
Prof. Pierluigi Cocco: Occupational Medicine, University of Cagliari
Dr Joy Mugambi: General Practitioner, Nairobi, Kenya
Webinar Anchor: Ruairi Brugha, Professor Emeritus
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9th Webinar: Balancing Human Rights and Competing Priorities in the Global COVID-19 Response
15/05/2020
Gregg Gonsalves, Epidemiology/Global Health Advocate, Yale University
Michael Higgins, Senior Program Officer, Pathfinders Program Lead, NYU Centre on International Cooperation
Odette Nyiramilimo, Rwandan Physician, Senator, and Member of AEPI
Attiya Waris, Professor and Writer, University of Nairobi, Kenya
Webinar Anchor: Ruairi Brugha, Professor Emeritus
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8th Webinar: Leveraging research and evidence to support humanitarian response to COVID-19
08/05/20
Niall Roche, independent WaSH consultant, IGHN Board Member
Gul Wali Khan Prepared in Pakistan (National NGO)
Amy Folan, Senior Education Advisor at Concern Worldwide
Ben Heaven Taylor, Chief Executive Officer, Evidence Aid
Webinar Anchor: Ruairi Brugha, Professor Emeritus
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7th Webinar: Gender Dimensions of COVID-19 Pandemic
01/05/2020
Chitra Nagarajan: journalist, writer and activist
Sarah Hillware, Deputy Director at Women in Global Health
Sisonke Msimang, South African writer
Sophie Dilmitis, Women4GlobalFund (W4GF),
Claire Hayes – Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Webinar Anchor: Ruairi Brugha, Professor Emeritus
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6th Webinar: How can health & development NGOs best respond during COVID-19?
24/04/2020
Claire Hayes – Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Dominic Fannon – Consultant psychiatrist, HSE/ senior consultant with ImROC
Lesego Tlhwale – Media and Advocacy Officer, works with Global Network of People Living with HIV, South Africa
Sharon Morrow – Nurse, Night Site Manager for Tallaght General Hospital, Director at All-Island Congenital Heart Disease Network
Webinar Anchor: Ruairi Brugha, Professor Emeritus
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5th Webinar: How can health & development NGOs best respond during COVID-19? Practical insights and lessons
17/04/2020
Anne O’Mahony, International Programme Director, Concern Worldwide.
Daniel Muhungura, Regional Health Advisor, GOAL
Dr Gabriel Fitzpatrick, Specialist in Public Health Medicine, HSE
Siobhan Walsh, CEO, GOAL
Suzanne Keatinge, CEO, Dochas
Webinar Anchor: Ruairi Brugha, Professor Emeritus
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4th Webinar: Lessons learned from HIV and other epidemics & the role of behavioral research in COVID-19
10/04/2020
Kate Thomson, Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Margaret Fitzgerald, Public Health Lead for Social Inclusion/ Vulnerable Groups
Pete Lunn, Economic and Social Research Institute
Sian White, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Recorded address from Alam Alhuda abu Kalib, State Minister of Health, Sinnar State, Sudan
Overview of OpEd by Prof. Father Michael Kelly.
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3rd Webinar: North-South Health Partnerships in The Context of COVID-19: How to Best Respond
03/04/2020
Dr. Arley Gomez Lopez.MD;MSc;PhD, Research Director at Fundación Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud
Dr. Mwenya Kasonde, emergency medicine physician
Dr. Ben Simms, THET.
Dr. Shams Syed: WHO Quality Systems/ Resilience Unit & oversees WHO national quality policy and strategy initiative
David Weakliam, HSE/ leader and advocate on global health issues in Ireland
ANCHOR:
Prof.Ruairi Brugha, Professor Emeritus
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2nd Webinar: Donor and Funding Challenges for LMICs and Hospital Readiness in the Time of COVID-19
27/03/20
Nelly Comon: Manager, Donor Relations, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria
Unarose Hogan: WHO Consultant, COVID-19 Hospital Readiness
ANCHOR:
Ruairi Brugha, Professor Emeritus
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Conversations on COVID-19: 1st webinar
20/03/2020
Prof. Ruairi Brugha, Professor Emeritus, Former Head of the Department of Public Health & Epidemiology at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Niall Roche, WASH/Env. Health Consultant and Lecturer.
Diarmuid McClean, Development Specialist, Deputy Head of Mission for Embassy of Ireland in Lilongwe, Malawi
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