Date: July 16, 2021
Time: 14:00-15:00 Central European Time
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Objective: to discuss the impacts of unemployment on health and 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.
WHO Opening: Dr Naoko Yamamoto, Assistant Director-General, UHC/Healthier Populations Division
Participants: Dr Orielle Solar, Dr Gerry Eijkemans, PAHO/AMRO; Dr Alison Schafer, Department of Mental Health and Substance Use and Dr Nicole Valentine, Department of Social Determinants of Health
Panel moderated by Dr Gerry Eijkemans:
ILO projections and patterns of unemployment in the Latin America Regions and main labour policies of redress – Dr Gerhard Reinecke, Senior Specialist on Employment Policy, ILO Santiago, Chile
Unemployment and mental health - why both important for recovery – Mr David Finch, Assistant Director, Healthy Lives, The Health Foundation
Labour markets and pathways for recovery that mitigate unemployment – Dr Marcela Meléndez, UNDP Chief Economist for Latin America and the Caribbean