WHAT: Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and WHO Regional Director for the Americas will hold an information session on the rapidly evolving situation of COVID-19 in the Region of the Americas and PAHO’s response to this pandemic

WHEN: Tuesday April 7, from 11 am to 11.45 am (Washington DC Time)

WHO: 
•    Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, PAHO Director, 
•    Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, Assistant Director, PAHO
•    Dr. Ciro Ugarte, Director of Health Emergencies, PAHO
•    Dr. Marcos Espinal, Director of the Department of Communicable Diseases, PAHO
•    Dr. Sylvain Aldighieri, Incident Manager, PAHO

HOW: 

The media briefing will be via zoom: https://zoom.us/j/9237171327?pwd=OFBOSWl5bDkxWGY0MzdSNXV3UDdrdz09

Questions can be submitted prior to the briefing via email at[email protected]

Questions can also be submitted during the briefing via chat

On this occasion, simultaneous translation will not be available. Questions will be answered in the language in which they are asked. 

Please connect at least 5 minutes prior to the start of the conference to register. If there are any problems with the connection, please note that the conference will also be broadcast on PAHO’s social media platforms: Facebook (www.facebook.com/pahowho) and Twitter (www.twitter.com/opsoms)