COVID-19 Webinar Series
IANPHI is hosting a series of webinars to discuss how its member national public health institutes (NPHI) are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. The resources from each webinar are available on this page.
July 10, 2020
Webinar on the Mobilization of Behavioral Science in the Time of COVID-19
On July 10, IANPHI hosted a webinar on the mobilization of behavioral science in the time of COVID-19. Moderated by Neil Squires of the Global Health Department of Public Health England, the webinar featured public health leaders from the Netherlands and France. Behavioral science plays a vital role to play in efforts to control and prevent the spread of COVID-19. Research on behavior and health provides insights on how to help people understand and follow guidelines to keep themselves and their communities safe.
- Read the webinar summary
- Download the presentation of RIVM's Corona Behavioral Unit
- Download the presentation of the French Behavioral Insights Unit
- Download the presentation of Santé publique France
- Watch the full webinar
June 3, 2020
Webinar on IHME’s COVID-19 Pandemic Forecasts and their Utilization by NPHIs in the National Responses
In partnership with the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), the webinar discussed COVID-19 pandemic forecasts with national public health institutes (NPHIs) and key stakeholders, and addressed the methodology and data source of the third generation of IHME’s model as well as the implications of their COVID-19 resource for national authorities and NPHIs. Dr. Jean-Claude Desenclos, scientific director and deputy to the director general at Santé publique France, and secretary general of IANPHI, moderated a discussion with Dr. Christopher J. L. Murray, director of IHME and chair of department of Health Metrics Sciences.
May 15, 2020
Webinar on Lockdown De-escalation Strategies in Europe
Facilitated by IANPHI co-founder Dr. Jeffrey Koplan, the webinar featured Dr. Johanna Hanefeld, scientific director and head of department at the Centre for International Health Protection (ZIG) of Germany's Robert Koch Institute, and Dr. Frode Forland, specialist director of infectious diseases and global health at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH).
- Read the webinar summary
- Download NIPH's Dr. Frode Forland's presentation
- Watch the full webinar
April 29, 2020
Webinar on the Role of West African NPHIs (French)
Facilitated by IANPHI Secretary General Dr. Jean-Claude Desenclos, this first webinar in French featured Dr. Hervé Hien, director general of the Burkina Faso NPHI, Prof. Dinard Kouassi, director general of the Côte d'Ivoire NPHI, and Dr. Abdoulaye Touré, director general of the Guinea NPHI.
- Read the webinar summary (English)
- Read the webinar summary (French)
- Download Dr. Hien's presentation (French)
- Watch the full webinar (French)
April 15, 2020
Webinar with the China Center for Disease Control and Prevention (English)
Facilitated by Duncan Selbie, chief executive of Public Health England, the webinar featured Dr. George Fu Gao, director of the China Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC).
April 7, 2020
Webinar with the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (English)
Facilitated by IANPHI co-founder Dr. Jeffrey Koplan, the webinar featured Dr. Minwon Lee, director general at the Center for Public Health Emergency Response of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC), and Dr. Seon Kui Erica Lee, director at KCDC's Division of Risk assessment and International cooperation.
March 24, 2020
Webinar with Italy's Istituto Superiore di Sanità (English)
The first webinar of the series featured Prof. Silvio Brusaferro, president of Italy's Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS).
- Watch the full webinar