Karolinska Institutet is organizing a webinar on “COVID-19 – A global problem. Do we have global solutions?”

Agenda

Welcome: Anna Mia Ekström & Anna Färnert

Key note: “Equitable and just access to vaccines and critical medicines ” – KI President Ole Petter Ottersen

Global health impact of COVID-19

Moderators: Eleni Aklillu & Zarina Nahar Kab

• Global health impact of COVID-19 – Helena Nordenstedt
• Child perspective on COVID-19 crisis in LMIC – Tobias Alfvén
• Social security related to COVID-19 – Knut Lönnroth

Clinical care and diagnostics

Moderators: Tobias Alfvén & Helena Nordenstedt

• Care of severe and critical COVID-19 in low resource settings – Tim Baker
• Increasing accessibility and throughput in COVID-19 diagnostics – Björn Reinius
• Digital diagnostics and self-monitoring – COVID-19 perspectives – Johan Lundin
• SARS CoV2 and pregnancy: global evidence generation – Anna Ekéus Thorson

COVID-19 vaccines and immunity

Moderators: Anders Björkman & Jonas Klingström

• COVID-19 immunology: why is there less life-threatening disease and death in Africa than in Europe? – Francis Ndungu
• COVID-19 vaccine vigilance – Eleni Aklillu
• COVID-19 vaccine distribution & indirect impact of the COVID-19 pandemic – Anna Mia Ekström