Developing and Accomplishing COVID-19 Exit Strategy Plan

Date:

Tuesday, 16 June 2020

Time:

11.00am – 1.00pm (SGT)

Synopsis:

More than one-third of the world population is currently in some form of lockdown. This suppression strategy is aimed at reducing the spread of the pandemic, protecting healthcare services and saving lives. After months of profound struggling, we urgently need to start developing an explicit exit strategy to restore normality.

This webinar will focus on the plans that different countries are taking in their exit strategies. There will also be discussion on the new norms that should be applied and practised by each country.

Moderator:

Professor Teo Yik Ying
Dean, SSHSPH

Panellists:

Professor Ahn Dong-il
Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Public Health, Yonsei University, Republic of Korea

Professor Awg Bulgiba Awg Mahmud
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Malaysia

Professor Chi Anh
Department of Public Health, Hanoi University of Public Health, Vietnam

Dr Philip Lo Yi-Chun
Deputy Director-General, Centers for Disease Control, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan

Organised by:

Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health (APACPH)

APACPH is an international non-profit organisation, comprising many of the largest and most influential schools of public health in the Asia-Pacific region and dedicated to improving professional education for public health.

The association seeks to promote the translation of public health education and research into evidence-based policies and programmes to improve the health and well-being of populations in the Asia-Pacific region.