The TaiwanICDF, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) will co-host a forum entitled Increasing Accessibility to Health Care in Emergency Contexts, to discuss how to respond and enhance the accessibility of health care in emergency contexts.
Date: 2022-05-23
Time: 18:00 Geneva time∣00:00 Taipei time (24th May)
Venue: Parquet Meeting Room, Hotel D’Angleterre, Geneva
The forum will invite Deputy Minister of Health and Welfare, Taiwan, Ms. Li-Feng Lee to speak for the opening remarks. Ms. Cecilia Roselli, Director of Humanitarian Policy and Representative Office in Geneva from NRC will moderate this forum, and Dr. Manuel Claros, UNICEF & WHO Team Lead of Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance from USAID will give the keynote speech. Dr. Wojtek Wilk, CEO of the Polish Center for International Aid (PCPM), will share information on how to relieve health needs during the Ukraine crisis after the activation of a temporary protection directive in Europe. Secretary General of the TaiwanICDF Timothy T.Y. Hsiang, will give the closing remarks.
This forum will be conducted in English and open to anyone interested in the topic. The event will not require registration for online participants and will be live broadcasted on YouTube (https://youtu.be/MDqngcx0k24), with Slido used for Q&A during the forum.