UNESCO Webinars on Ethical Dimensions of COVID-19 Response and Recovery

Dear colleagues,

I am very pleased to invite you to 2 upcoming Webinars organized by UNESCO on the Ethical Considerations with regard to the COVID-19 Response and Recovery. This shall allow us to carry forward our conversation and work on these key issues, while supporting our respective country’s response to the pandemic.

You will find the related concept notes and programmes, attached. Please join us and feel free to disseminate widely among your networks!

Managing Covid-19 pandemic within bioethics principles: A reflection of the current and future situation in the Eastern Africa Region

DATE: Wednesday 13 May 2020 from 10:00 – 11:30 EAT

Join the Webinar through Microsoft Teamshttps://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_ZWJmMmIwZjYtNDBmMS00ODAzLWEwOGMtZjY3ZWY1NDU2MTlm%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%221d4fae52-39b3-4bfa-b0b3-022956b11194%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%225e2df372-c0c5-4e4c-896c-74f6d955a0c6%22%7d

Why Ethical Considerations matter in Responding to COVID-19 Pandemic?

In the Series – Inclusion in the time of COVID-19: International webinar addressing racism, discrimination and exclusion

DATE:  Monday 18 May 2020 from 16:00 to 17:30 CEST

Join the Webinar through Zoom https://zoom.us/w/98715867399

Password: 219218 

Speakers

●      Peter-Paul Verbeek (Chair of UNESCO’s World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology)

●      Ames Dhai (Chair of the South Africa National Bioethics Committee)

●      Joseph Beng Mfutso (Chair of the Malawi National Bioethics Committee)

●      Discussant: Dafna Feinholz (UNESCO)

Moderated by Phinith Chanthalangsy (UNESCO)

Ethical Considerations COVID19_UNESCO – Webinar 18 May 2020

COVID 19 BIOETHICS_UNESCO WEBINAR 13 MAY 2020 Eastern Africa Region