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Mar 15 '22, 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Date
March 15, 2022
Time
10.00-11.30 am EDT
Place
Zoom
Registration
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Organizer
- PAHO
- WHO Europe
Interpretation
English, Spanish, Russian
Description
This webinar will discuss issues related to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women’s health and how alcohol marketing, policies and interventions have affected them during this period in terms of alcohol consumption, as well as their implications for equity and the building of health systems that are responsive to gender differences and the needs of women across their life span.
Program of the side event
| WELCOME | |
| Welcome and moderation | Kristina Sperkova President, Movendi International |
| Opening remarks | Carina Ferreira-Borges Acting Director, WHO European Office for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases |
| Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on women’s mental health | Devora Kestel Director, Department of Mental Health, World Health Organization |
| KEY SPEAKERS | |
| Alcohol use among women during the COVID-19 pandemic: what do we know? | Zila Sanchez Associate Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine, Federal University of Sao Paulo |
| Lockdown and alcohol marketing targeted to women and girls | Amanda Atkinson Senior Researcher, Public Health Institute, Liverpool John Moores University |
| Motherhood, COVID-19 and alcohol use | Svetlana Popova Senior Scientist, Institute for Mental Health Policy Research, Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, CAMH |
| Women’s health and alcohol use: a case in Australia |
Caterina Giorgi CEO, Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education (FARE) |
| Q&A AND DISCUSSION | |
| Questions & Answers | Moderator and Speakers |
| CLOSURE | |
| Closing remarks & thank you | Maristela Monteiro Senior Advisor on Alcohol and Substance Use, PanAmerican Health Organization |