Global Health Showcase of Innovations for Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management

15 May 2019
  14:00 - 16:00
CICG - Room 15    View map
Organizer(s)
WHO
Contact
abrahamsj@who.int
Participation:
Public
Primary floor language:
English
Interpretation:
No
Live Broadcast:
No
Accessible:
Yes
International Sign:
No
CART:
No
Remote Participation:
No

Participants will be able to gain insights and hand-on experience of cutting edge health innovations to protect people’s health from all types of emergencies and disasters, featuring: community recovery from Christchurch, NZ; hands-on exhibits for preventing epidemics; using open sources for gathering intelligence on biological hazards; multilingual mobile applications for risk communication in ural China; reducing risk of extreme heat events;  disability-inclusive safe hospitals, as well as health emergency and disaster risk management strategies, research and tools to facilitate Sendai Framework implementation and reporting.