NEXT WEBINAR
COVID-19 and older people in South Africa.
Friday 25 June 2pm (UK time).
Chair: Professor Ndangwa Noyoo, University of Cape Town.
Speakers:
Roxanne Jacobs, University of Cape Town.
Elder abuse and older people in South Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Fransesc Xavier Gómez-Olivé,MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), University of the Witwatersrand.
Older people and COVID-19. Insights from Mpumalanga, South Africa.
Leon Geffen and Gabrielle Kelly,The Samson Institute for Ageing Research (SIFAR).
How have long-term care facilities in South Africa responded to the challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic?
Discussant: Sebastiana Kalula, University of Cape Town.
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organisation, 5 February 2021.
“There is a disturbing narrative in some countries that it’s OK if older people die. It’s not OK… Those most at risk of severe disease and death from COVID-19, including health workers and older people, must come first. And they must come first everywhere.”
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India sidelines older people from COVID-19 vaccination
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The direct and indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on older people in low and middle-income countries: one year on
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The changing age profile of COVID-19 mortality in Brazil: a new global trend?
Younger adults are now accounting for a higher share of reported COVID-19 mortality in Brazil.
Surging COVID-19 in India: millions of older people at risk
Over the past weeks, the COVID-19 pandemic has reached catastrophic levels, first in Brazil, then in other parts of Latin America and now in India. What does this mean for older people?
The CIAT emergency strategy framework for managing covid-19 in long-term care facilities: the case of Brazil
Over the past year, members of the Global Platform have worked together to produce a set of emergency guidance for managing the COVID-19 pandemic in long-term care facilities. This guidance pays particular attention to the contexts of low and middle-income countries.
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