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    Type of settings
    On-line
    Category of capacity building activity
    Course
    PHIRI Activity
    No
    Activity schedule
    Fixed date(s)
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    Activity local date
    -
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    GEO coverage
    Multinational
    Language
    English
    Available in other languages
    No
    Target audience
    Junior specialists;
    Experts;
    Public Health Sector;
    Public Health Professionals;
    Health Professionals

    The COVID-19 pandemic and containment responses have exposed existing social, economic, gender, ethnic and health inequities and are rapidly exacerbating these. The higher risks of infection and mortality recorded for specific population groups can be traced to a legacy of cumulative inequities in the social determinants of health (SDH). Additionally, the necessary COVID-19 response measures applied, while helping to reduce infection and mortality, have placed a disproportionate burden on more disadvantaged populations, widening health inequities. The webinar discusses the impacts of unemployment on health, with a particular focus on mental health. It stresses the importance of developing symbiotic strategies in health and labour sectors for tackling both unemployment and health in the face of pandemics and other crises.

    Topics
    Determinants of health;
    Health status » Morbidity/disability » Communicable diseases » Covid-19;
    Health status » Wellbeing
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    Leading organizer
    World Health Organisation
    Contact

    Nicole Valentine
    (valentinen@who.int)

    Updated on 03 January 2023